Teacher Cross Stitch Patterns for Back to School

You might not want to stitch up a teacher cross stitch pattern for the first day of school to give to your new teacher, but if you start on these now they’ll be ready for the holiday season or whenever you want to show some teacher appreciation through cross stitch.

This back to school pencil gnome cross stitch pattern from Favorite Gnome made me laugh, and it will probably make a teacher in your life laugh, too. Just sway out the hair color if your teacher doesn’t have gray hair! This one is 5 by 10 inches (67 by 135 stitches) and uses 19 colors.

Teachers do a lot of things, including instructing, inspiring, encouraging and more. Show a teacher you appreciate all the things that go into the name with this 14-color cross stitch design from Kix Stitches. It measures 95 by 105 stitches.

Haunted by Naomi has a cute kawaii best teacher ever cross stitch pattern with a friendly apple and pencil. It is 76 by 72 stitches, or a little more than 5 inches on each side, and uses full cross stitches and back stitching.

Speaking of kawaii, Trellis & Thyme has a super cute cross stitch pattern with kawaii school supplies. These little cuties can be stitched together into a piece that measures 6 by 1.75 inches, or work each one as its own little pattern to decorate a bookmark or card to give to a teacher.

If your teacher is a fan of flowers, stitch up this heartfelt design about teaching as planting seeds. It comes from Teajeah Designs and is 167 by 165 stitches. That’s 13 by 13.5 inches on 14 count fabric when all stitched up.

And if you want to thank a teacher for their big heart, try this teacher appreciation cross stitch pattern from Cats in Space Art. It measures 78 by 74 stitches, which makes it a pretty quick project, and you’ll get a chance to use a lot of fun colors.

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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