Stitch Some Fun Designs, in Monocrome or Multicolor

These designs from Plouf! dans l’herbe are really pretty and lots of fun for spring, but what I like about them most is that she has done the charts in a single color (red) and in a multicolored version.

Sometimes it’s hard to imagine designs in colors other than those chosen by the designer, and I think it’s great to have this option to see how the same design looks in one color or many colors. It might give you the confidence to branch out and use the colors you love in a design rather than just choosing the same ones the designer used.

If you scroll down to the bottom of the post you can also see some pictures of stitched models, which are sure to inspire you to want to try some of these charts out.

I really love the one in the top row center; how about you?

[Photo: Plouf dans l’herbe.]

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How to Railroad Your Cross Stitch

The other day I shared some cross stitch patterns with ornaments on them, so this time around I wanted to share cross stitch patterns that you can use as ornaments. It would be fun to do a whole tree in your craft room with cross stitch ornaments, or just add a few to your tree or give them as gifts.

These little quilt inspired cross stitch patterns from Flamingo Toes look like ornaments and fit in 3-inch hoops, which are perfect for hanging on the tree or using to decorate a gift. I love the pastel colors on these but you can use more traditional Christmas colors if you like.

This cute Christmas tree from Lagodargetoshop uses a single color and fits in a 4-inch hoop, but you could make it smaller if you wanted by trimming the last ornaments and gifts from the sides, or just stitch the tree without any other embellishments. Either way it’s a cute addition to your holiday tree.

Stitched Modern has a super cute collection of retro Christmas ornament cross stitch patterns from designer Gera. This is a printed pattern that will be shipped to you. Each pattern is about 40 by 56 stitches, or 2.9 by 4 inches/7.4 by 10 cm on 14 count fabric. To work the whole set you’ll need 20 colors of floss.

These snowflake ornaments from Our Little Handmade Home are each about 2.5 inches/6.4 cm when stitched on 14 count fabric, and they use a single color of floss. They are pretty in red but you could also do white on a blue or black background, or whatever suits your other Christmas tree decorations!

From the description it sounds like this set of vintage style cross stitch characters is presented as one large chart, but the photo from Sampler Antique Stitch shows each of them stitched up as their own little ornament, so it gets included here. You’ll find Santa and snowmen in different poses in this cute collection.

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