Tea Cross Stitch Patterns

It wasn’t intentional that I shared a coffee-related pattern in my latest designer spotlight and then had a collection of tea cross stitch patterns for my next post. But I imagine we could all use all the caffeine we can get, so let’s dig into these fun tea patterns!

I love this witchy watercolor tea pattern (it could also be coffee, who can say?) and think it would be a great one to stitch up for a tea or coffee loving friend. It comes from Pixel and Floss, and measures 124 by 194 stitches. It uses a whopping 55 colors to get that awesome look.

Need some help remembering how long to steep your favorite teas? This cross stitch pattern is also a recipe, including the time and temperature for preparing white, green, herbal, red or black tea. It comes from 1000sPatterns (an authorized seller of Your Briar Patch designs) and uses 24 colors and three blends in a stitch area of 130 by 108 stitches. It comes out to 9.29 by 7.71 inches and 23.6 by 19.6 cm on 14 count fabric.

Another cute one featuring different varieties of tea, this time represented by different styles of teapots and cups, comes from Stitchrovia. This would be super cute by your tea area. It measures 117 by 139 stitches and uses 16 colors. For a smaller project you can just stitch one or several of the pots or cups and change the colors to suit your decor.

If you’re a fan of Star Trek you’ll want to stitch up Captain Picard’s favorite tea order to hang in your ready room. This one from Stitch Riot Designs uses eight colors and measures 72 by 91 stitches. That comes out the 5.14 by 6.5 inches, or 13 by 16.5 cm, when stitched on 14 count fabric.

The Fancy a Cuppa? design from The Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery is really cute with smiling teacup, pot and sugar cubes. The design is 54 by 107 stitches and is 3.9 by 7.6 inches (about 10 by 19.3 cm) on 14 count Aida or 28 count linen.

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I’ll admit to not taking as much care as I should when finishing cross stitch projects. Just like blocking in knitting or crochet, taking the time to finish a cross stitch project right means it will look its best, whether you’re making it as a gift or to keep.

And when it comes to cross stitch, the best method for finishing is washing and pressing.

Kat and Catkin and Lillie makes the argument that you should always press your finished pieces, and wash them the vast majority of the time as well.

Washing of course will help if there is any visible dirt that got on the project while stitching, but it also helps remove oils and skin cells you can’t see but that can speed up damage to your project in the long run.

Washing and pressing also help remove creases from the hoop or from storing the project, and if you use heat-erasable marking pens to grid your fabric, this will remove any visible marks.

So we’ve got the why down, but what about the how?

Kat has a great step by step tutorial on how to wash your cross stitch projects and how to iron them safely. You probably have everything you need to do this, it just takes a bit of time to go through the process. It’s certainly worth it, though, if you’ve spent a lot of time on a project and are gifting it or framing it and want to show it off to its best.

Click over to the post at Catkin and Lillie for all the details, plus some really good thoughts on times when you might not want to wash a project and how to test the colorfastness of your threads so you’ll know if a project is safe to wash.

Do you wash and press your finished cross stitch projects? I’d love to hear all about your process!

[Photo: Catkin and Lillie]

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