Are You Up for a Cross Stitch Challenge? – Cross-Stitch

I usually have a couple of rules when it comes to the shops that I share for these spotlights. Generally I like them to be at least a couple of years old, because brand new pages with hundreds of patterns are a good sign of AI (which is not the best for quality patterns). 

But I do like there to be a good number of patterns because it gives me more to write about. 

Wombat Stitching is, in fact, a couple of years old, but has just over 50 patterns, which would usually cause me to pass it up. 

But these pretty samplers with an old-fashioned flair are cute and I wanted to share them because bigger isn’t always better. 

The designs here lean heavily on sampler style, with little images making up a bigger piece, sometimes with text and sometimes not. There are also a lot of Christmas cross stitch patterns if that’s a thing you’re into. 

As I’m writing this I’m longing for spring, though, so I wanted to share one of the springier projects. This spring flowers cross stitch sampler has a great quilty vibe that I love and lots of soft colors to get you through the winter if you happen to be in winter as you read this. 

The design is 117 by 117 stitches, which comes out to 8.3 inches or 21.2 cm square on 14 count fabric. The pattern notes let you know what sizes you’ll get at other stitch counts. It uses 7 colors and is all full cross stitches. 

There are summer, fall and winter versions of the same kind of project if you want to make a four seasons display, and there’s also one in Christmas colors. 

In addition to these and the Christmas projects, you’ll find a few Easter and patriotic (American) designs. And there are more traditional samplers with pastoral scenes, alphabets and the like. There’s also a touch of whimsy with a sampler featuring unicorns and another about the Wellerman, complete with sailors, a whale and a bottle of rum. 

Check out all the patterns at Wombat Stitching on Etsy. 

[Photo: Wombat Stitching]