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.

Hanukkah is a great reason to pull out your cross stitch fabric and thread and stitch up some fun seasonal cross stitch patterns.

If you have trouble spelling Hanukkah (I know I do!) you’ll want to stitch up the How Do You Spell… project from SKB Cross Stitch Design. This one includes a bunch of different ways to spell the holiday, along with some symbols like a dreidel and menorah. (Technically I think all the ways to spell it are “correct.”) The pattern includes full, fractional and bask titches, and measures 8.5 by 7 inches, or 21.6 by 17.8 cm. It has the date for 2004/5785 but you can easily change the year or leave that part off.

Another project with some fun word play is the Words to Live By chart from Sam Brie Stitches. This one includes Hanukkah related symbols and word presented crossword puzzle style, which is fun to stitch and to display. The design uses 10 colors and measures 74 by 103 stitches. It’s shown worked on 18 count fabric.

I may have shared these before, but the Hanukkah patterns from the Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery are so cute they’re definitely worth sharing again. Happy Hanukkah features a menorah, dreidels, gelt, stars and candles, and it fits in a 6-inch hoop. At 75 by 75 stitches, it comes out to 5.4 inches/13.4 cm on 14 count Aida or 28 count linen. They also have this cute little dreidel stamp cross stitch pattern, which is 39 by 49 stitches, or 2.8 by 3.5 inches (about 7 by 9 cm) on 14 count Aida or 28 count linen.

Works By ABC has a lot of great patterns for Hanukkah, but here are just a couple to get you started. The Rules for Dreidel design is fun for kids and adults and shows the different sides of the dreidel and what it means when you land on them. The stitch count is 62 by 94 and its shown worked on 32 count linen. It calls for three colors. I also like this menorah one, which measures 44 by 49 stitches and uses two colors along with coordinating seed beads. On 32 count linen as shown (equivalent to 16 count Aida) it measures 2.75 by 3.1 inches, or almost 7 by 7.8 cm.

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