Cross Stitch a Set of Happy Little Jam Jars

don’t know why this cross stitch pattern delights me so much, but it does, so I have to share it with you.

Happy Little Jam Jars from Stitchrovia is exactly what it sounds like: a set of stitched jam jars of different sizes, colors and flavors. In the interest of full disclosure there’s a bottle of honey, too.

They all have super cute little vintage labels and textured lids, and there’s a spoon poking out of the top of the pear preserves.

It’s just so sweet I can hardly stand it.

My kitchen is not remotely country in style, but there’s still a part of me that wants to stitch it and hang it in my kitchen.

The full design is 120 by 180 stitches, which comes out to 8.6 by 12.9 inches, or 21.8 by 32.8 cm, if you use 14 count fabric (the pattern description includes 16 and 18 count as well if you want to make yours a little smaller.

It uses 26 colors and is worked in full cross stitches and back stitch.

But what I also love about this pattern is that you could easily stitch individual jam jars if you wanted to use them on different projects.

A single jar would be cute by itself as a greeting card. Stitch just a few, together or in individual frames, to decorate your breakfast nook. That little cherry jam jar would be adorable stitched on an apron. Once you get thinking about it I’m sure you’ll come up with all sorts of uses.

And while it is a lot of colors, there are a lot of blocks of colors and most of the jams are a single color inside their jars. So don’t let the number of colors involved intimidate you! Just take it one jar at a time and you’ll soon have a whole pantry’s worth of stitched jam jars.

[Photo: Stitchrovia]

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I was recently approached by Alyssa, the cross stitcher behind the Etsy shop Stitchonomy, to take a look at her cross stitch pattern subscription club, known as The Pattern Club.

I took a look around and there’s a lot of cute stuff and fun options you’ll want to check out, especially if you love themed patterns that are small, easy to stitch and fun to combine.

The Pattern Club combines cross stitching with a social network. When you open the site you’ll see a news feed and have the ability to share updates much like you would on Facebook. You can see who is online, have buddies and post your own updates and photos. The community aspect is a little sparse right now but that should only grow.

The stitch along hub is the place to find the most recent patterns and information on the current stitchalong. As of this writing the Book Lover’s stitchalong was happening, with little designs like Peter Rabbit, a skull for Hamlet and keys for Jane Eyre as well as authors including Arthur Conan Doyle, Charles Dickens and Jane Austen.

Other pattern collections include European designs, Halloween, ocean life, an allotment garden and more. Alyssa tells me there’s a new theme every month that either she picks or members in the community suggest. You can stitch just the patterns you want or put them together to make a larger collage.

The Stitchanomini vault gives you access to all of the previous patterns, and new patterns are released daily through the stitchalong. You can download individual patterns (most of them are 19 by 19 stitches) as PDFs or Pattern Keeper files. The PDFs include a color and black and white chart as well as a floss list.

Another cool thing you can do is build your own pattern collages from all of the squares that have been released. The collage configurator allows you to add patterns of your choosing to a grid ranging from 2×2 patterns up to 4×4. You can scroll through all the current patterns or search by theme and size to make a project that suits your needs. (Above is an example I made kind of at random but you get the idea.)

If you want to check it out, you can grab a three-day free trial and see all the pattern options. Membership is $7.99 a month, or if you pay for a year at a time you’ll get two months free. In addition to the patterns in the club, members receive discounts on patterns and supplies purchased through the shop within the club. Annual members get access to three paid/retired stitchalongs and lifetime members receive all retired patterns.

If you check it out I’d love to hear what you think!

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