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Cross stitching for Mother's Day
All the latest news and all new releases for Mother's Day (and for Father's day), as published in Creative Poppy's newsletter.
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When is Mother's Day this year?
Mother's Day differs in each country. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, it is on "Mothering Sunday", the fourth Sunday of lent. It will be on March 30th 2025, 3 weeks before Easter Sunday.
The majority of countries celebrate Mother's day on the second Sunday of May. This year this will be May 11th 2025 in Australia, much of Europe*, Japan and North America.
* excluding France, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Romania, and Sweden.
>> Mother's Day dates around the World (Wikipedia)
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Monique Bonnin's vintage cross stitch postcards
Check out Monique Bonnin's wonderful collection of old-style greeting cards. Each one comes with quite a unique theme and layout, inspired by old postcards found at the flea market. They are filled with retro fonts, romantic frames and so glamourous with their metallic highlights and beadwork. Perfect to cross stitch for Mother's Day!
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Don't forget to postmark your card!
As a fun final touch, all postcards with "post stamps" can be personalized with a full date. So you can customize with the date and year you stitched the card and it will remain a family heirloom.
>> see all vintage postcard patterns by Monique Bonnin
Simple and Pretty Cross stitch cards for Mother's Day
Brought to you by Lesley Teare, here is a pair of greeting card motifs that are quick to stitch and will go right to her heart. Also ideal for beginner cross stitchers.
A Greeting Card with a matching little gift This exquisite greeting card is perfect for Mother's Day and it can come with a matching little gift if you pair it with the little matching sachets in the same series. Cross stitch charts and finishing tutorials designed by Faby Reilly.
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Mother's Day cards by Faby Reilly Pick your Mum's favorite flower and stitch it with love! |
Mother and Child
This cross stitch design by Barbara Ana oozes with tenderness. It features a little girl rabbit, dressed exactly like her mother, quietly observing as her Mom potters in the garden. It can easily be turned into a little pouch, perfect for Mother's day!
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Mom & Me | | Counted cross stitch pattern by Barbara Ana designs |
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Mother and Baby
A pretty cross stitch chart by Chouette'alors,featuring a mother-hen bending her head tenderly towards her baby. We love the unique and dynamic layout with the focus on the pair's heads, while the hen's tail points strikingly upwards. Wouldn't this look nice in Mum's kitchen?
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Mum and me | | Counted cross stitch pattern by Chouett'alors |
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Father's Day teddy cards
In Lesley Teare's iconic series of Teddy cards, here come four lovely cross stitch patterns each featuring Dad and Child and a special message for Father's Day:
Love you Dad - a greeting card with a Hardanger Heart
A double message of love with letters interwoven and a cute Hardanger heart. Includes an excellent guide for achieving some basic Hardanger stitches if you have never tried Hardanger before.
A cross stitch chart and hardanger tutorial by Faby Reilly designs.
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Love You Dad | | Counted cross stitch pattern by Faby Reilly Designs |
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A question from a stitcher: a puzzle as a Mother's Day card
We have just been contacted by Suzanna who asked if she could use Tam's Creations puzzle designs as greeting card?
"May I ask your, I see jigsaw cross stitch is that for card or frame I wonder? Because I was thinking to plan graph for my mum’s favorite jigsaw birthday card or Mother’s Day card."
Well the answer is yes!
You can use virtually any combination. The very smallest is 2 x 2 or pieces, under 4 inch square (10cm) on 16ct/32ct. It will also work in a rectangular postcard layout with 2 x 3 pieces under 4 x 6 inch (10 x 15cm). Both would work for greeting cards. Want bigger? There is no upward limit!
For a Mother's Day card, why not use the floral pattern?
An extra bonus is that you get to pick the colors you stitch. So, especially will a small design, you can use up any odds and ends of floss and make the pattern unique!
And that's not all!
This is just the latest news for Mother's Day. There are many more Mother's Day patterns for you to browse:
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