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This Apple Cross-Stitch Pattern Sure is Sweet

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Oh my goodness, isn’t this little apple cross stitch pattern from Crafty Guild the cutest?

The little apple with the big smile and blushing cheeks is worked with eight colors of floss, but what makes it extra cute is how she lined up green ribbons below the apple on the hoop to make a sort of table or grass for the apple to be sitting on.

I love little details like this that are completely unnecessary but just make a project that much more adorable.

Just the little apple by itself would be great to stitch on a bookmark. Though I might add a little ribbon, too, just because.

[Photo: Crafty Guild.]

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  1. Adorable pattern! I’ve been doing cross stitch for 47 years & just recently found another pattern i’m doing for my son in law’s birthday nsxt month! Will add this pattern to my to do list! Thank you so much for sharing the pattern, I’ll make it for my sister’s classroom!

Have you read?

Designer Spotlight: Bella Rose Craft

The designs from Bella Rose Craft look like they would be good for beginner cross stitchers and others who like relatively simple and small designs that are quick to finish for gifts or decor.

I’ll mention up front that this Etsy shop based in Indiana has no organization whatsoever. There are two categories: kits and patterns. So it’s a bit of a treasure hunt to find what you might be interested in.

As mentioned there are lots of minis and small looking projects with simple lines and minimal colors. There are holiday projects, animals, summer motifs like palm trees and beach umbrellas, a bathtub with a rubber duck, some text based designs (like hoppy spring and merry and bright), some biblical and religious designs, flowers, bunting and more.

On a site like this its difficult to pick something representative of the whole page, but I liked this bees and beehive design, so it’s the one I picked to share. This one illustrates a lot of my general points about the patterns from this shop. It’s small (2.79 by 2.57 inches, or about 7 by 6.5 cm on 14 count fabric), it looks like it’s all whole cross stitches and probably uses only six colors, and a couple of colors are only used for a handful of stitches.

Of the 300 plus cross stitch patterns available as of this writing, 140 are also available as cross stitch kits. These would be great to give as gifts if you’re trying to get someone interested in cross stitching. The kits include the pattern, fabric and floss, and you can choose to have it include a needle or not. The hoop is not included but the patterns explain what kind of hoop is shown if you want to get one to match.

So if you’re looking for cute, beginner friendly patterns for yourself or you’re trying to be a crafty enabler for someone else, check out Bella Rose Craft on Etsy.

[Photo: Bella Rose Craft]