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.

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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