Vintage cross stitches

As promised, here are some terrific vintage cross stitch patterns free for your use -- enjoy! These patterns came from my vintage pattern book collection dated to the 1910s and 1920s. The beauty of these patterns is that they are, for the most part small, so they can be stitched relatively quickly. And there is no color chart for embroidery floss, so you can adjust the colors to your personal preference easily to match your decor. These little cuties would look so pretty on a baby's dress or…

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Like I promised, here are more vintage cross stitch patterns from my vintage pattern book collection. These are simple, easy patterns that should come together quickly and can be done in your favorite colors of choice or in monochrome. If crochet is your thing, these can also be used for filet crochet just as the first pattern indicates. In honor of Easter, the first pattern has some really cute little bunnies that would look adorable on baby's bib: Love the little gnomes in the center of…

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And here is the second clock face. I hope a few people do these. Analog clocks need some love these days 😄

Cross Stitch Pattern, 'Wallflower' PDF.Inspired by the floral designs found on vintage fabric and wallpaper of the 1960's and 70's, this pattern would look lovely stitched and incorporated onto cushions, placemats, table runners, or simply framed as a sampler! Hang with other patterns from my cross

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Free Cross Stitch Patterns

26 ways to display your finished cross stitch. Try covered buttons, lampshades, bookmarks, frames, bracelets, mason jars and more!

On a bright, sunny day like today, you'd think I'd be out reveling in it. But no, I'm totally absorbed in my vintage pattern book collection. Naturally, I was looking for one thing, got distracted, and found these charming patterns instead. These patterns came from a few different vintage pattern books dated from the 1910s and 1920s and all could be used for baby or toddler themed projects. They can be worked in either cross stitch or filet crochet. This first set shows an example in "plate…

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Still working with counted stitches on the spot sampler, the next step that I took on mine (and that my students took in the Needle Arts class) was to add a Quaker motif to the sampler. In class, along with the Quaker motif came a lot of history on samplers, the Quaker samplers, the various ...