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 don’t usually cross stitch text or add words to my cross stitch projects. Sometimes I will sign things using basic block lettering worked in backstitch (luckily my initials are pretty easy to stitch), but if you give your cross stitch as a gift or otherwise want to personalize it, adding text is a great way to go.

But if a project didn’t already come with text, and you don’t want to draw your own, you’ll need a good cross stitch font that you can use for your project.

I like collecting fonts that are easy to read and to stitch and that would be good for lots of different uses.

For example I really like this bold alphabet font from Cross Stitch with Art, which has both capital and lowercase letters as well as numbers if you need them for dates or other information on your design. The capital letters are an inch/2.5 cm/14 stitches tall, which makes it easy to figure out how much space you need to leave for them. It’s a nice, basic, readable serif font you can use for lots of project.

If you want a script font that’s still really readable, check out Magic Calligraphy from Soft Pattern Designs. This hand drawn font has upper case letters around 28 stitches tall, with lower case letters mostly being around 20 stitches (though the ones that go up or down a lot like f, p and y are bigger). The numbers also vary a bit in size but range from 25 to 29 stitches.

Sometimes you just want a classic font that looks like sports lettering, and in that case you’re going to need Varsity, an all caps font from Stitch Mod. This one has letters that are 21 stitches tall, and it includes capital letters and numbers. But there are definitely times this one would come in handy!

Another sometimes useful and really cute font is this alphabet block letters alphabet from Stitch Junction. These letters are all upper case and look like classic building blocks, and there are also numbers available. This one would be perfect for a birth announcement project or some other cross stitch for the baby’s room.

And if that’s not enough for you, check out this post with 85 free cross stitch fonts for you to try!

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