All the latest news for cross stitching for the holiday season and for Christmas, as published in Creative Poppy's newsletter.
Caramel Christmas
We love the honeyed tones of the cross stitch against the aqua background of this latest new design by Barbara Ana, full of poetic fantasy as always. Santa is perched on a giant bird and is about to take off.
Santa's other means of transport
He moves about without leaving the slightest carbon footprint. Maybe we should all follow his example...
>> see more Christmas patterns by Barbara Ana Designs
Cocooning
Quick to stitch and easy to make, a hottie cover, the perfect gift for a loved one to warm up on a chilly winter night. A fun and creative idea brought to you by Tapestry Barn.
>> see more Christmas patterns by Tapestry Barn
Keeping warm on chilly days
More designs and more reasons to enjoy the chill of winter (all the while keeping toasty warm and stitching snuggly seated in a comfortable armchair).
>> see all Winter patterns
Deep in the forest
Cute little motifs with a contemporary touch including a log cabin, trees and woodland animals. This little sampler comes in pretty Christmassy colors. Made in no time, it is a real treat to cross stitch. A design by Tiny Modernist.
>> see all Christmas patterns by Tiny Modernist
More Deer
>> see all Deer and Reindeer
Christmas is round the corner
We like the decorative, yet sober and discreet touch of this red monochrome pattern. Perfect for giving one's home decor a winter touch and hint of Christmas to come . A design by Perrette Samouiloff.
More Red for Christmas with Perrette Samouiloff
>> see all Christmas patterns by Perrette Samouiloff
A checkered red ribbon motif Here is a new joyful series of small patterns designed by Shannon Christine. They each feature a different motif and a pretty white greeting on the snowy background, and are embellished with a cheerful red checkered ribbon. The pattern featured right makes a lovely Christmas banner, while the smaller ones below will make delightful Miniatures, Greeting cards or Tree ornaments.  Pictured right:
Home for Christmas
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More popular Christmas designs by Shannon Christine
>> see all Christmas patterns by Shannon Christine Designs
Winter birds and Norfolk turkeys
If you're looking for an easy-to stitch Christmas sampler, do check out Riverdrift House designs. Worked in cross stitch only, with blocks of solid colors, they are fast to stitch yet so merry and colorful! We love the royal Christmas at Sandringham with the brightly lit castle and black Norfolk turkeys roaming in the park.
>> see all Christmas patterns by Riverdrift House
Christmas with a French touch
White and deep red on a natural-color background is a popular style among French designers. It adds a touch of serenity and classic elegance to the festive season. We are happy to be offering a series of new patterns by designer Couleur d'étoile, with more to follow soon.
>> see all patterns by Couleur d'étoile
Celebrate! Gracewood's design for the month of December
In her cute "calendar series", here is the designer's pattern for the last month of the year, cross stiched in joyful red in celebration of the festive season.
Here at Creative Poppy we think the motif is not only of timeless beauty, but lends itself to a multitude of projects (from napkins to table cloth) and a variety of colors ways (think wedding present when stitched in white on raw linen). Click on the image for ideas!
>> see all vintage textile patterns by Gracewood Stitches
Christmas in your Home with Tapestry Barn
We love Tapestry Barn's young and cheerful style, as well as their fun creative ideas. Patterns are also easy to stitch and full of useful tips. Here are two projects that will bring a joyful Christmas touch into your home.
>> see all patterns by Tapestry Barn
>> see all patterns with Christmas ornaments (all designers)
Star of Bethlehem
Also by Tapestry Barn, here is an outstanding Christmas nativity scene, with wonderful detail and colors, sure to become a staple of the festive season in your home. It is designed as a wall hanging scroll, extra handy for rolling up and protecting until the next Christmas season.
>> see all patterns with Christmas nativity scenes (all designers)
Exquisitely wrapped
Ever seen such a pile of dazzlingly wrapped gifts?
If you like intricate cross stitch detail, you'll just love this Christmas design, lavishly embellished with seed beads and golden metallics. We have also provided extra zoom-in charts so you won't miss a single detail. A pattern by Shannon Christine, a designer with superb talent for intricate and detailed needlework.
Note: Creative Poppy supports sustainable gift wrapping and creative use of recycled or reusable materials. You don't have to miss all the glitter and fun though: instead of throw-away paper and ornaments, why not make your own reusable Christmas bags that can serve again year after year?
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Santa's Sleigh | | Counted cross stitch pattern by Shannon Christine Designs |
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>> see more Christmas patterns by Shannon Christine Designs
Changing Mounts
Notice Santa has changed mounts? What happened to the reindeer? Maybe they had an indigestion of birch bark and moss? Or a little nightcap too much?
Anyway Santa cannot be caught late. He's speeding along on a white hare, hopping over sleepy villages in the snowy landscape. A Christmas pattern by Barbara Ana Designs.
>> see more Christmas patterns by Barbara Ana designs
>> see all Christmas patterns featuring Santa (all designers)
The story of the Christmas Tree
Evergreens have been celebrated around the winter solstice long before the advent of Christianity. By 16th century the tradition of decorating a Tannenbaum with candles for Christmas was already established in Germany.
When young Queen Victoria & her consort Albert, where pictured in their palace around a Christmas tree with their children, the tradition became instantly popular, spreading through the British isles and around the world. This wonderful design by Riverdrift House celebrates the British royals around their first Christmas tree.
>> see more Christmas patterns by Riverdrift House
O Christmas Tree
Designer Samantha Purdy has this special talent of capturing, in the most simple ways, the essential joys of life, such as gathering with friends on a dark winter night and singing carols in front of a Christmas tree.
We also love the oval loop used for framing, a brilliant idea perfectly suited for this design.
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Twilight Choir | | Counted cross stitch pattern by Samantha Purdy Needlecraft |
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>> see all patterns with Christmas Trees (all designers)
Buon Natale - Christmas with the Italian touch
We have a new batch of delightful Lilli Violette patterns for Christmas. They have all been entirely recharted with easy to read symbol and colors, making even the denser areas a piece of cake to stitch. Speaking of which there are many delicious ones popping up in these Christmas designs as you can see as you browse down. No doubt Lilli Violette has a sweet tooth...
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Dear Santa | | Counted cross stitch pattern by Lilli Violette |
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>> see all Christmas patterns by Lilli Violette
>> see all patterns with Christmas Cakes and Biscuits (all designers)
Scarlet Christmas
In this sweet Christmas pattern the focus is on the color red, used even for the holly and berry border surrounding the design. This produces a delicate harmony with just a little touch of pink, purple and white used for the central motif. A cross stitch pattern by Perrette Samouiloff.
>> see more Christmas patterns by Perrette Samouiloff
>> see all patterns with Christmas Wreaths (all designers)
Crowded Housing
We couldn't do justice to this pattern without showing some of its wonderful fun detail. The house is so crowded, Santa has moved to the attic. The house is buzzing like a beehive and the sleigh loaded and ready to go. Hurry Santa or you'll be late this year! A design by Tiny Modernist.
>> see all patterns with Christmas houses (all designers)
Winter visitors
In Northern America, red cardinals, especially the male with it's striking red feathers, are among the most beloved birds. Cheryl, Tiny Modernist's designer, pays tribute to the red cardinal on a biscornu shape, showing it perched on snow covered branches decorated with Christmas ball ornaments.
In England and most of Europe, Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without spotting a red robin, their bright orange chest catching our eye in the barren gardens as they get closer to our homes looking for food. Here is a wonderful round shaped design, where designer Lesley Teare blends two counted needlework techniques, cross stitch and blackwork, as well as seed beads, in a work of outstanding beauty.
>> see more Christmas patterns by Lesley Teare Designs
>> see all patterns with Winter Birds (all designers)
Christmas Decs - Deck the hall with Tapestry Barn
Fun Christmas cross stitching with a colorful and modern touch. Get started now!
>> see all patterns by Tapestry Barn
Greeting cards embellished with beads and sequins
Let it snow! these small motifs by Faby Reilly are worked in cross stitch on a Zweigart natural linen canvas with small printed dots looking like soft white snowflakes. The cross stitch base is further embellished with gold threads, pearl sequins, red seed beads. Irresistible isn't it?
>> see more Christmas patterns by Faby Reilly Designs
>> see all Greeting card patterns (all designers)
Christmas at the Red House
Here is Cheryl's vision of Christmas. Cheryl is the designer of Tiny Modernist. The cross stitch piece features a thousand charming details, such as the Christmas wreath on the door, the streetlamps with their golden glow, the little bird perched on the snow-covered roof, smoke swirling from the chimney and of course, lots of little characters and animals come to help Santa.
>> see all cross stitch charts with Santa (all designers)
GERA! It's Christmas again at the little Cross Stitch shop
Cheerful and creative Christmas cross stitch projects, brought to you by GERA! Kyoko Maruoka:
A pretty Christmas box: Ideal for Xmas biscuits, or maybe to store all your ribbons, bits and things at the ready for Christmas packing.
Ornaments for the Christmas Tree, with a surprise inside:
>> see more Christmas patterns by GERA! Kyoko Maruoka
A new Tempting Tangles Ornament
Gifts are piled under the tree, neatly packed with colorful bows. But, hey, surprise, who is the red bicycle for?
More Christmas Ornaments from Tempting Tangles
>> see all Seasonal and Christmas patterns by Tempting Tangles
White, with a tiny touch of red
An elegant Christmas cross stitch design by Lesley Teare, in a beautiful harmony of natural colors - white on linen, with just that tiny touch of red. Can you spot it?
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Snow Deer | | Counted cross stitch pattern by Lesley Teare |
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>> see all Christmas patterns by Lesley Teare
More White Christmas designs
>> see more white monochrome patterns (all designers)
Christmas Lights
Candles, lanterns, street lights, windows with warm glowing lights. Check out our new section celebrating Christmas lights.
>> see all patterns with Christmas Lights
Perrette Samouiloff's signature style Christmas fairies
Six graceful little fairies have arrived, just in time to cross stitch for Christmas. They will make wonderful little cards, gift tags, ... or you might want to stitch them all together.
>> see more Christmas patterns by Perrette Samouiloff
Slowly, oh so slowly, Christmas is coming
Trust Barbara Ana to come up with the most unexpected and whimsical ideas. Who hasn't waited excitedly for Christmas to arrive? Barbara's vision is that of Santa riding ... a snail. A whole town, roofs covered with snow, is enjoying the ride, as well as a couple of Santa's little helpers, sitting under a tree.
More Christmas patterns by Barbara Ana
>> see all Christmas patterns by Barbara Ana Designs
Joyous Christmas Ornament
Delicate beads embellish this elegant ornament, letters standing out on a stunning orange background mimicking stained glass. A design by Kathy Bungard of Gracewood Stitches.
More Christmas Ornaments
We carry a huge selection of cross stitch Christmas ornaments, it runs several pages long. Here's just a tiny selection. Click on the bottom link to review them all.
>> see all Christmas Ornament patterns
Christmas Snow Globes: whole collection now available
Two more charming snowglobes to cross stitch. These are in a jar the other way round.
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Car Snow Globe | | Counted cross stitch pattern by Shannon Christine Designs |
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You can now collect them all and stitch them as if they were on a shelf. So cute!
Embedded Jewels
Love Beads? Love cross stitch? Here's an opportunity to combine both in an extraordinary piece of work where sew-on emerald, ruby and topaz-like stones are combined into the stitching. Some are actually embedded, forming the main motif of the baubles, others are actually pendants. Color shading and the dimensional effect of the beads are a pure wonder. A Shannon Christine Design.
>> see all the latest news for Shannon Christine Designs
Christmas in Silver and Blue
Light sparkles in Faby Reilly's works with metallic threads, sequins and beads capturing light and adding extra dimension. Here are two new releases, a Christmas tree busrting with fine detail and a star ornament with intricately silver snowflakes.
More star ornaments by Faby Reilly
>> see more Christmas patterns by Faby Reilly Designs
Creative Poppy Gift vouchers: great to give ...or to receive
Are any of your loved ones asking you what you would like to receive for Christmas? Why not suggest some Creative Poppy Gift vouchers. They make great gifts for your stitcher friends too.
- starting from $9.99 (about £6.50)
- valid one year
>> find out more about Creative Poppy Gift vouchers
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