Tropical Flower Cross Stitch Patterns

I feel like summer is the time we all wish we could be somewhere tropical, but if we can’t, at least we can stitch some tropical flower cross stitch designs. There are tons of great options available, but here are a few that caught my eye.

If you’re looking for a relatively basic one, this orange hibiscus from StitchChickUS is a good one. It only uses three colors and measures 46 by 45 stitches. That’s about 3.25 inches or 8.2 cm square and will fit in a three inch hoop.

This plumeria from Cross Stitch Lukova is more detailed and uses 20 colors plus one blend, but you could leave off the watercolor background if you want to make it easier on yourself. This design is 80 by 74 stitches, which comes out to 5.5 by 5.1 inches, or 14.5 by 13.4 cm, when worked on 14 count fabric.

Speaking of watercolors, this stunning design from Light Unicorn Designs looks like it would be a lot of fun to stitch. This is a bigger project, at 200 by 200 stitches, and it uses 27 colors. If you work it on 14 count fabric it will come out to 14.29 inches or 36.29 cm on each side.

These pretty pink flowers from Emerald Oasis Designs are sure to brighten up any space. This one uses 29 colors and has a stitching area of 93 by 100 stitches. A variety of size options are listed in the pattern notes, but on 14 count it will come out around 6.75 by 7.25 inches, or around 17 by 18.4 cm.

The color palette is more toned down on this greenery-forward design from XStitched Art, but I love the fun shapes of tropical fronds and leaves, too. At 180 by 180 stitches, this project uses 30 colors. Again lots of sizes are mentioned and if you use 18 count fabric you’ll get a 10 inch/25.4 cm square.

It’s always fun to see bold colors on a black background, but you can also use a light colored background for this flamboyant design from SamXstitch. This one calls for 23 colors and is 129 by 129 stitches. That’s 9.21 inches or 23.4 cm on 14 count fabric.

Inkspire Studio Shops offers cross stitch patterns as well as tons of different stitch minders, scissor charms and thread organization tools.

We’ll get to all that, but since we’re mostly here for the patterns, let’s start there.

All of the patterns are in one category (called Inkspire Originals if you’re following along). There are a lot of book-themed projects and more of the designs are bookmarks than anything else. You’ll find trope bookmarks, a Reading Rainbow themed design, flowers and a super cute watercolor set bookmark, to name a few.

And while the book themed projects are by far the most numerous, I wanted to share this super cute pile of vintage Pyrex style bowls. I love the colors on this one and it should be easy to stitch because so much of it is blocks (or bowls) of a single color. This one is only available as a printed pattern, but most of them are digital.

It calls for six colors and comes out 5.6 by 6.9 inches, or 14.2 by 17.5 cm when stitched on 14 count fabric.

In addition to the bookmarks and book themed projects you’ll find a few kitchen projects and some Halloween and Christmas designs as well.

But what this shop is really about is needle minders, and there are tons of them, with all kinds of themes ranging from introverted and snarky to animal themes, food and beverages, retro designs and religious and inspiring needle minders.

If you don’t know about needle minders, these are acrylic with magnets. You stick a magnet to the back of your work, add the needle minder to the front of the work, and then it holds your sewing needle when you’re not stitching. No need for piercing your fabric or losing your needle between stitching sessions.

She also makes charms you can attach to your scissors (or use as a stitch marker if you’re a knitter or crocheter), inventory and project trackers and bags large and small to hold works in progress and other supplies. She’s also got a great collection of vintage cross stitch patterns and kits, so check out all the fun goodies at Inkspired Studio Shops.

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