Winter Word Art Cross Stitch Patterns

When the Christmas crafting is done, we don’t have to stop thinking about winter. In fact, the winter season has barely started in the Northern Hemisphere, so we’ve got plenty of time to stitch up projects celebrating winter and snow. These winter word art projects are easy and fun to stitch and give you something new to decorate with when the holiday stuff comes down.

As a lover of hand-knit winter things, this winter word cross stitch pattern from Non Stop Stitch on Etsy made me smile. All the letters are made out of or decorated with coats, scarves, hats and other winter gear. The design by Vitaliya Mishchuk measures 78 by 191 stitches and uses 17 colors or color blends. The intermediate pattern includes full and half stitches, backstitch and French knots.

Another fun project that doesn’t use totally traditional winter colors is Snow Means Winter from crossstitch.com. This 112 stitch square pattern was designed by Susan Saltzgiver and uses three colors and is rated easy.

This winter one is a little less wordy and a little closer to being a Christmas design, but I think it would be lovely to have in the house throughout the season. This one is from Historical Sampler on Etsy and features winter birds, trees and other symbols of the season around the word winter. It’s 18 centimeters (about 7 inches) square and the link is for the full kit that includes thread, fabric, the white frame for display and some other goodies.

As mentioned above, a big aspect of winter that a lot of people wish for (and others wish to avoid) is snow. If you’re in the let it snow camp, these next projects are for you. This one from X Cross Stitch features bold lettering and snowflakes and is 160 stitches square. It uses seven colors and if you visit the pattern on Etsy you’ll see lots of different color schemes, from blue to red to rainbow colors.

Faber Cross Stitch has a design with the same sentiment but a little less bold, with a simpler font and only using three colors. This one is 114 by 115 stitches and fits in a 9-inch hoop.

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20 Snow Globe Cross-Stitch Patterns

The other day I shared some cross stitch patterns with ornaments on them, so this time around I wanted to share cross stitch patterns that you can use as ornaments. It would be fun to do a whole tree in your craft room with cross stitch ornaments, or just add a few to your tree or give them as gifts.

These little quilt inspired cross stitch patterns from Flamingo Toes look like ornaments and fit in 3-inch hoops, which are perfect for hanging on the tree or using to decorate a gift. I love the pastel colors on these but you can use more traditional Christmas colors if you like.

This cute Christmas tree from Lagodargetoshop uses a single color and fits in a 4-inch hoop, but you could make it smaller if you wanted by trimming the last ornaments and gifts from the sides, or just stitch the tree without any other embellishments. Either way it’s a cute addition to your holiday tree.

Stitched Modern has a super cute collection of retro Christmas ornament cross stitch patterns from designer Gera. This is a printed pattern that will be shipped to you. Each pattern is about 40 by 56 stitches, or 2.9 by 4 inches/7.4 by 10 cm on 14 count fabric. To work the whole set you’ll need 20 colors of floss.

These snowflake ornaments from Our Little Handmade Home are each about 2.5 inches/6.4 cm when stitched on 14 count fabric, and they use a single color of floss. They are pretty in red but you could also do white on a blue or black background, or whatever suits your other Christmas tree decorations!

From the description it sounds like this set of vintage style cross stitch characters is presented as one large chart, but the photo from Sampler Antique Stitch shows each of them stitched up as their own little ornament, so it gets included here. You’ll find Santa and snowmen in different poses in this cute collection.

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