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Stitch a Pretty Set of Fall Themed Bookmarks

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I’m a sucker for a good bookmark, especially a hand-crafted one, and cross-stitch bookmarks are some of my favorites to make (see my pencil cross stitch bookmark I made recently). 

This set of five fall bookmark cross stitch patterns would be fun to stitch up and have on hand if you host Thanksgiving and have readers in your family, or to give as gifts to teachers and others who you are grateful for in the fall and all the other times. Tuck into a card or give along with a gift card to your favorite local bookshop. 

The designs are by Author Embroide Design, and they are all pretty cute:

  • A scarecrow with the words “Fall is in the air” and leaves falling around him
  • “Happy pumpkin spice season” decorated with pumpkins, sunflowers and other symbols of the season
  • A turkey and pumpkin with the words “Thankful & blessed”
  • A fall farm scene with the words “autumn time
  • A super cute fall gnome holding a pumpkin that includes the words “It’s fall y’all”

The designs call for 16 count fabric and are 29 by 112 stitches. That comes out to 1.18 by 7 inches or 4.6 by 17.78 cm. 

Different colors are needed for different designs, but they range from 14 colors (pumpkin spice) to 17 (for the fall gnome). That’s a lot for such a relatively small project, but the results are worth it because you can get a lot of detail in there by using different colors. 

Grab the pattern set from Author Embroide Design at Etsy. 

If you’re looking for more cross stitch bookmark patterns, check out my roundup of colorful bookmark cross stitch patterns, as well as some book-themed bookmarks made with cross stitch. Because if you ask me you can’t have too many bookmarks (and they make great gifts that you can start stitching now). 

[Photo: Author Embroide Design]

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Hanukkah Cross Stitch Projects

Hanukkah is a great reason to pull out your cross stitch fabric and thread and stitch up some fun seasonal cross stitch patterns. 

If you have trouble spelling Hanukkah (I know I do!) you’ll want to stitch up the How Do You Spell… project from SKB Cross Stitch Design. This one includes a bunch of different ways to spell the holiday, along with some symbols like a dreidel and menorah. (Technically I think all the ways to spell it are “correct.”) The pattern includes full, fractional and bask titches, and measures 8.5 by 7 inches, or 21.6 by 17.8 cm. It has the date for 2004/5785 but you can easily change the year or leave that part off. 

Another project with some fun word play is the Words to Live By chart from Sam Brie Stitches. This one includes Hanukkah related symbols and word presented crossword puzzle style, which is fun to stitch and to display. The design uses 10 colors and measures 74 by 103 stitches. It’s shown worked on 18 count fabric. 

I may have shared these before, but the Hanukkah patterns from the Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery are so cute they’re definitely worth sharing again. Happy Hanukkah features a menorah, dreidels, gelt, stars and candles, and it fits in a 6-inch hoop. At 75 by 75 stitches, it comes out to 5.4 inches/13.4 cm on 14 count Aida or 28 count linen. They also have this cute little dreidel stamp cross stitch pattern, which is 39 by 49 stitches, or 2.8 by 3.5 inches (about 7 by 9 cm) on 14 count Aida or 28 count linen. 

Works By ABC has a lot of great patterns for Hanukkah, but here are just a couple to get you started. The Rules for Dreidel design is fun for kids and adults and shows the different sides of the dreidel and what it means when you land on them. The stitch count is 62 by 94 and its shown worked on 32 count linen. It calls for three colors. I also like this menorah one, which measures 44 by 49 stitches and uses two colors along with coordinating seed beads. On 32 count linen as shown (equivalent to 16 count Aida) it measures 2.75 by 3.1 inches, or almost 7 by 7.8 cm.