Valentine’s Day Mini Cross Stitch Patterns

I love a little cross stitch pattern, and these mini Valentine’s Day cross stitch patterns can help you spread a little love without a lot of work.

If you want to keep it really tiny, try these mini hearts from Bella Rose Craft. They are made to fit in hoops with a 1 inch/2.5 cm center. One is 13 by 12 stitches and the other is 9 by 12, so they’ll stitch up in no time to make adorable ornaments or tiny pendants.

Get a whole bunch of little options with a Valentine’s Day twist with this collection of 20 mini patterns from Sampler Cross Stitch. The designs vary a bit in size but all of them would fit in a 4-inch hoop.

Another set of little designs comes from Teeny Weeny X Stitch, which presents its 20 minis sampler style, though of course you can just stitch one or several depending on your needs. All of the designs are smaller than 40 by 40 stitches so they would all fit in a 3 inch hoop. The full set is 219 by 221 stitches and uses 51 colors.

These fun hearts with different patterns from Climbing Goat Designs are all shown in one piece, but you could pick out a single one to stitch on a card or put in a little frame. The full set is 97 by 90 stitches and use 15 colors. That’s about 6.9 by 6.4 inches, or 17.6 by 16.3 cm, when stitched on 14 count fabric.

And this collection of hearts with different designs from Aliton Embroidery is super sweet. I think the brick patterned one is my favorite. They all use just one color and are 31 by 28 stitches, which comes out to 5.62 by 5.08 inches or 2.2 by 2 cm on 14 count fabric.

Make a tiny pillow to express your love with this project from You Sew Creative Studio. This one could be a display item or a pincushion. I love the tiny heart shaped button! The cross-stitched part is 30 by 37 stitches, and the full pincushion is 5 by 5 inches (13 by 13 cm). It looks like it uses four or five colors of floss.

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.

[Photo: Inkspire Studio Shops]

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