All the latest news for cross stitching for the holiday season and for Christmas, as published in Creative Poppy's newsletter.
Follpwing the Star
There is such a peaceful feel to this cross stitch nativity scene by Faby Reilly. In her beautiful streamlined style, the designer has us follow the humble shepherd, towards the manger, where Baby Jesus lays huddled between Mary and Joseph.
More Nativity patterns
>> see all Christmas Nativity patterns (all designers)
New colors for the holidays
Ready for a change this Christmas? Here 's a unique mix of colors to cross stitch, with baubles looking so real, you'll want to grab them and hang them onto your tree. 6 cross stitch minis brought to you by Faby Reilly
More Christmas patterns by Faby Reilly
>> see all Christmas patterns by Faby Reilly
The Gingerbread Family
Brought to you by Alessandra Adelaide, these sweet little cross stitch treats won't make you gain an ounce. They have come to enrich our Christmas Baking section, full of lovely goodies
More Christmas Baking
>> see all patterns related to Christmas Baking
Christmas in cross stitch in amazing detail
It is absolutely amazing how much fun detail cross stitch designer Barbara Ana manages to fit into this Christmas pattern, not only the cat with a tree in one hand and a pot of Christmas roses in the other, but also a myriad of tiny holiday ornaments as well as a snowy landscape motif featured on the skirt. This pattern is part of a series of matching seasonal cat portraits that you can rotate with the seasons.
More Christmas designs by Barbara Ana
>> see all Christmas patterns by Barbara Ana Designs
New Greeting Cards to cross stitch by Monique Bonnin
Delightful and amusing, more retro-style greeting cards for you to cross stitch.
>> see all Greeting cards to cross stitch by Monique Bonnin
In the run up to Christmas
As Christmas gets closer, why not treat yourself with some quick and easy stitching, such as this charming advent calendar brought to you by Kateryna of Stitchy Princess.
>> see all Christmas patterns by Kateryna - Stitchy Princess
More Advent calendars
>> see all Christmas projects to cross stitch
Christmas in the Woods
Lesley Teare's latest cross stitch release pictures all the woodland animals busying themselves in preparation for the Christmas party. The owl, reindeer and deer are dressed in their finest attire, the rabbit and squirrel are bringing gifts and ornaments while the robin entertains them all with cheerful Christmas carols.
More patterns with Christmas Pets and Animals
>> see all patterns with Christmas Animals (all designers)
3 New vintage greeting cards by Monique Bonnin
Cross stitch designer MB excels at creating retro-style postcards and greeting cards, each time expressing her creativity in a completely unique and unexpected way. Here are three freshly released Greeting cards.
See more Vintage-style Greeting cards by MB
>> see all Greeting and Postcards by Monique Bonnin
More Christmas Ornaments by Marie-Anne Réthoret-Mélin
With these nine extra hanging ornaments you can now fill an entire Christmas tree with your own hand-stitched decorations, in varied shapes but matching colors!
We love the extra cute cross stitch designs, their unique shapes and crystal clear finishing tutorials. Great cross stitch ideas brought to you by the ever creative Marie-Anne Rethoret-Melin.
More Christmas ornaments
>> see all Christmas ornaments patterns
A cheerful Christmas
Vibrant reds and playful elves, designer Perrette Samouiloff excels at creating the most cheerful Christmas designs. Simply frame the cross stitch piece in a hoop and surround with a garland of natural green leaves and you will have the most beautiful Christmas wreath.
>> see all Christmas patterns by Perrette Samouiloff
Playful ornaments for your Christmas tree
Easily create these fun characters (Santa, Angel and Elf) with exquisitely detailed heads, humbug shaped bodies and playfully hanging arms and legs. The cross stitch charts come with an awesome tutorial, carefully thought through by designer Marie-Anne Réthoret-Mélin.
>> see more patterns by Marie-Anne Réthoret-Mélin
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
Cute and reusable Christmas gift bags
Tired of picking up all the discarded wrapping paper on Christmas morning? For a waste-free Christmas, it's time to move on. Brought to you by Perrette Samouiloff, here are six beautiful cross stitch gift bags that you can use for wrapping small gifts. Pick a shape (flat or tube shaped), personally stitch and create your very own packs. So precious, the recipient is sure to re-use them again and again! When we give our loved ones carefully chosen gifts, don't we want the best packing too?
>> see all Christmas patterns by Perrette Samouiloff
More fun hand-made projects and ideas for Christmas
Our designers have come up with a number of creative ideas and projects to cross stitch for Christmas, including Advent calendars and decorative boxes, but many other unique ideas such as a hot waterbottle cover or a Christmas tree skirt! Here's a small selection. Click on the link further down to view them all.
>> see all Hand-made projects and ideas to cross stitch for Christmas (all designers)
Glory to the Newborn King
As the angels joyfully announce the birth of Christ, Mary bears a peaceful look, hands joined in prayer. We love Ukrainian designer Kateryna's interpretation of the Holy family and the visitors come to pay tribute, following the Star of Bethlehem. A cross stitch chart by Stitchy Princess.
>> see more Christmas patterns by Kateryna - Stitchy Princess
Cat-chy christmas Quotes
Fun cat and kitten motifs with catchy quotes, ideal for greeting cards or small Christmas ornaments. Delight your cat-lover friends with a hand stitched card sent with all your love. Cross stitch chart designed by Lesley Teare.
>> see more Christmas patterns by Lesley Teare Designs
>> see all Christmas motifs for Greeting cards (all designers)
Now dash away! dash away! dash away all!
A delightful new Christmas cross stitch pattern by Barbara Ana, portraying her favorite in Santa's awesome team of reindeer. Lady Dancer is pictured wearing a warm woolen sweater, red of course. Powdery snow is falling from her antlers where a tiny village is nested. The date 1823 featured in the cross stitch medallion refers to the year the author of the poem, Clement Clarke Moore, wrote the story initially titled A Visit from St. Nicholas.
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Dancer | | Counted cross stitch pattern by Barbara Ana Designs |
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>> see all Christmas patterns by Barbara Ana Designs
New Christmas releases by Barbara Ana
This pair of ornament size patterns can fit into a small hoop. You will recognize designer Barbara Ana's unmistakable style in the depiction of the sleepy village , the pretty quaker motifs appearing in the snow, Assisi style, and the beautiful detail of the miniature reindeer.
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Holy Night | | Counted cross stitch pattern by Barbara Ana Designs |
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Christmas in the Woods with Kateryna
Winter Woodlands is a sampler packed with wonderful detail to stitch for Christmas. Our favorite is the white bear hibernating under a mantle of snow. A cross stitch pattern by Ukrainian designer Kateryna - Stitchy Princess
Christmas Fairy tales
>> see all Christmas patterns by Kateryna - Stitchy Princess
Vintage greeting cards
Two retro style greeting cards by Monique Bonnin a cross stitch designer who loves to "recreate" postcards and greeting cards with a vintage feel. Inventive and full of fun detail, you'll enjoy completing every stitch of these precious images. Collect them all!
More vintage Greeting Cards by Monique Bonnin
>> see all Vintage Postcards and Greeting cards by Monique Bonnin
Christmas timekeeper
This pattern by Perrette Samouiloff, with a cuckoo clock keeping track of the hours, reminds us that Christmas time is fast approaching and it's time for us stitchers to start working on our projects.
We love the dainty angels, the mischievous boys swinging on the clock's weights and the carol singing children accompanied by a flute and violins. But above all, we love the tiny cuckoo bursting the door open above the clock to strike the hours. Rejoice! the countdown to Christmas has started.
More patterns with Clocks
More Christmas Music
>> see all patterns related to Music
The largest gift
This little boy is overjoyed. Guess whom the largest beribboned gift box was for?
>> see all Christmas patterns by Perrette Samouiloff
More Christmas Gifts
Mitten Ornaments in scandinavian blue
Fun little woolly mittens to hang on the tree. So cute!
The cross stitch chart by Tapestry Barn comes with full instructions for finishing each piece. You can even add some sweets inside.
More Christmas patterns by Tapestry Barn
>> see all Christmas patterns by Tapestry Barn
Bearing the Light
An ever so whimsical encounter, vintage Barbara Ana style.
Picture a stylish deer, clad in a 1970's vintage jacket, face white in the moonlight and wearing the most extraordinary head dress, with luminous lanterns and silver droplets glimmering in a halo of light.
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Deer Dreams | | Counted cross stitch pattern by Barbara Ana Designs |
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More patterns with Christmas Lanterns and Lights
>> see all patterns with Christmas Lights (all designers)
New Greeting Cards by Lesley Teare
The wreaths will fit nicely within a 3 inch hoop. Teddy however is so busy discovering the presents under the Christmas tree that he bursts out of his frame.
>> see all Greeting card and mini motif patterns (all designers)
The Twelve Days of Christmas in cross stitch
Nativity in cross stitch
From Greeting cards to large nativity samplers, the choice is yours. Discover three new nativity designs by Lesley Teare.
Stained Glass windows
These cards have been designed on the manner of stained glass church windows where colored glass panes are assembled with lead, letting through the light from outside.
Similarly the cross stitch version is fully filled with various areas of solid colors and black backstitch lines
>> see all Christmas patterns by Lesley Teare Designs
Dreaming Miss Claus has arrived
First introduced as the Barbara Ana 2021 Christmas SAL, the Dreaming Miss Claus is now available as a regular pattern. Isn't she beautiful in her soft winter colors and golden highlights.
>> see all Christmas patterns by Barbara Ana Designs
On a one-horse open sleigh
Perrette Samouiloff's Snow in town is a gorgeous Christmas chart with rows of snow covered houses, children on skis, sleighs and skates with little dogs chasing after them, and even a horse sleigh. The town is totally transformed by the cover of fresh snow and there is an amazing feeling of warmth and softness.
The pattern was formely available as a mystery chart. Subscriptions are closed but the can purchase the full pattern.
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Snow in Town | | Counted cross stitch pattern by Perrette Samouiloff |
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>> see all Christmas patterns by Perrette Samouiloff
Redwork Christmas
What we love about this design by Lesley Teare is that it mixes different colors of Gold and reds, as well as tiny blackwork motifs so that the design is stunning, both seen for afar or very close.
More Christmas Blackwork by Lesley Teare
>> see all Blackwork patterns by Lesley Teare Designs
Christmas Roses in Bloom
Twelve Days of Christmas
A new version of the 12 days of Christmas is now available from Lesley Teare. Pick your own favorite pattern and designer.
Festive Geese
In many regions of Europe, white geese are a traditional and popular festive motif.
The December part of Faby Reilly's year-round calendar
With a wonderful flower arrangement for each month of the year, here is Faby Reilly December design, a super-cute arrangement of seasonal flowers. It comes with an extra bonus: a template and alphabet that will also let you create your very own greeting cards.
>> see all Christmas patterns by Faby Reilly
>> see all year-round calendar patterns (all designers)
Robin in the Snow
A scene full of poetry, where icy white flowers and leaves contrast with the warm colors of the snuggly dressed child, oblivious of the little robin perched on a branch above. A cross stitch pattern brought to you by Perrette Samouiloff.
>> see more Christmas patterns by Perrette Samouiloff
More Christmas Wreaths
>> see all patterns with Christmas Wreaths
Festive Season
If you are looking for a Christmas project to cross stitch that will make a powerful visual impact, you might want to consider this floral motif. Designed by Lesley Teare, the pattern has an amazing amount of color and detail, as well as extra glitz with its gold and silver highlights.
>> see all Christmas patterns by Lesley Teare Designs
Poinsettia and Holly - Assisi style
Brought to you by Faby Reilly, a new and unique take on the popular Christmas motifs rendered in the Assisi technique. Indeed they appear in white, where the fabric is left blank, while the background is cross stitched in deep red. Like Assisi designs of yore - dating back to Renaissance Italy - the design includes numerous flourishes in Holbein stitch.
More poinsettia Christmas patterns by Faby Reilly
>> see all Christmas patterns by Faby Reilly Designs
More poinsettia patterns (other designers)
>> see all Christmas patterns (all designers)
Christmas Joy
In this brand new cross stitch pattern, Perrette Samouiloff depicts the joy of children discovering their Christmas gifts. Cheerful, tender, colorful, lively, and decorative as well, this Christmas pattern has it all. Take your time to complete it, one motif at a time, as the holidays approach.
>> see more Christmas patterns by Perrette Samouiloff
More patterns with Christmas Toys by Perrette Samouiloff
>> see all Christmas patterns by Perrette Samouiloff
Jolly Santa's
If you're looking for a cheerful way to stitch away the year, take a peek at these jolly Santas celebrating Christmas on a rooftop. A cross stitch design by
Lesley Teare.
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Santa Delight | | Counted cross stitch pattern by Lesley Teare Designs |
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>> see all Christmas patterns by Lesley Teare Designs
More Santas to cross stitch
>> see all Christmas patterns featuring Santa Claus (all designers)
Celebrating Christmas Scandi style
New from Tapestry Barn, 5 quick and easy Christmas decorations that are easy to frame in a small embroidery hoop. Pair them with the Scandinavian Christmas Sampler featured below.
>> see all Christmas patterns by Tapestry Barn
A beautifully embellished wreath for Christmas
Love cross stitching? Want to try adding detail and further embellishments? Faby Reilly's designs are the perfect choice for you. Guided by excellent stitch tutorials and user-friendly charts, learn a couple of new stitches and tips for applying beads. This new release (part of a series with one for each season) features a ribbed spider web stitch, in blue on the photograph.
>> see all 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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