This is the time of year when I start wishing it were time for a beach vacation (and my daughter has decided she doesn’t like the beach so the answer to that might be about five more years). Whether you live at the beach, have beach themed decor or just want to bring a bit of that sand and sea feeling into your summer decor, these beach cross stitch patterns are for you (and so are these beach inspired cross stitch patterns!).
Stitching Space has a pretty summer cross stitch pattern designed by Zefirnaya Vedma that includes a sandy beach, shells and starfish (as well as the word summer, but you could leave it off if you want). The design uses 27 colors and has whole, half and quarter stitches, so it’s for more intermediate or advanced stitches, but it sure is pretty! It is 80 by 106 stitches, which comes out to 14.5 by 19.2 cm or 5.7 by 7.5 inches when worked on 14 count fabric.
If you want to feel like you’re sitting in a deck chair on the beach, stitch up this project from The Little Art Veranda on Etsy. It features a pretty sunset in a cloudy sky alongside palm trees and chairs. It uses nine colors and is 140 by 140 stitches, which makes it 9.8 inches or 25 cm square on 14 count fabric.
Little Dove Samplers has a cute summer sampler with a pirate ship, lighthouse, seagulls, fish and more to stitch up. The colors used in the sample are really pretty together but you could also change the colors on the beach huts and fish if you wanted to. The design is 185 by 101 stitches, or 13.25 by 7.25 inches on 14 count fabric (that’s 33.6 by 18.4 cm).
Speaking of samplers, Hancock’s House of Happy has a free sampler style summer cross stitch pattern with little nautical symbols including ships, mermaids, crabs, seagulls and a lighthouse. You can use the individual motifs in projects or stitch up the full image as presented. As shown it uses 11 colors.
I feel like I have shared some of the beachy patterns from X Stitch Pattern X before but I can’t resist showing you this pretty round, which uses 12 colors and is 100 by 100 stitches. On 14 count fabric it’s 7.14 inches or 18.14 cm and uses only full cross stitches. Some day I’m going to make one of these!
