• Home
  • About
  • Blog
  • Contact
  • Freebies
  • Gallery
  • Nav Social Menu

    • Bloglovin
    • Email
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest

The Yellow Birdhouse

Helping you live your best crafty life

  • Crafts & DIYs
    • Felt Crafts
    • Sewing & Embroidery
    • Crochet
    • Everything Else
    • My Favourite Felt Tools
  • Mom Life
    • Fun Stuff for Kids
    • Parenting
    • Decor
    • Printables
    • Homemaking
    • Life
  • Holidays
    • Birthdays
    • Christmas
    • Valentine’s Day
    • Easter
    • Springtime/Mother’s Day
    • Halloween
    • Baby Showers
  • Creative Business
    • Etsy Tips
    • Pinterest Tips
    • Best Biz Tools
    • Work/Life Balance
  • Shop
    • Etsy Shop
    • Sewing Patterns
    • Flower Patterns
    • Ebooks

17 Modern Christmas Cross Stitch Patterns

October 13, 2020 by Laura 1 Comment

Last Updated on March 3, 2022

I don’t know about you, but I’ve grown tired of super traditional and heavy looking cross stitch design. Cross stitch is appealing to every generation of stitcher, and I’d like to see more contemporary patterns available! I went searching and found 17 modern Christmas cross stitch patterns for the modern stitcher!

17 Modern Christmas Cross Stitch Patterns. Cross stitch patterns don't need to be boring! And Christmas doesn't need to be ultra traditional. Here are 17 modern cross stitch designs for the modern stitcher. Cross stitch some fun Christmas decor that you can reuse year after year. Funny cross stitch patterns for Christmas.

[disclosures]

Most of these shops have so many beautiful modern Christmas cross stitch patterns to choose from. I had a hard time picking out my favourites!

And these don’t just have to be made into hoop decor either. You could stitch these designs onto stockings, banners, table runners, cushions or ornaments. 

If you’re looking for more Christmas DIYs, check out this series of posts. I write one every year with 25 ideas for handmade gifts. (I’m still working on this year’s!)
25 Unique Handmade Gift Ideas for Christmas
25 Christmas Gift Ideas to Make and Sew

And don’t forget your cash back from Rakuten when you’re shopping on Etsy! (Use my link for a bonus $30 when you spend your first $30!)

Ok let’s get cross stitching!

1. Modern Christmas Cross Stitch

Gotta love a modern colour scheme full of pink and teal!

Beautiful Christmas cross stitch pattern for DIY holiday decor

2. Christmas Gnomes

I mean, come on! Look at these cuties! And you could easily swap out the reds and greens for some blues and pinks to give their little outfits even more pizzaz!

Christmas gnomes cross stitch pattern

3. Christmas Town

Again with the modern colour scheme! I think that can make all the difference.

DIY Christmas stitched decor

4. Dragon Christmas

Such a peaceful looking fire breather!

Christmas dragon modern cross stitch pattern

5. Mouse & Cupcake

This is how I feel about cupcakes too. The mouse gets me.

17 Modern cross stitch patterns for Christmas

6. Santa’s Here

Such a pretty town.

Santa flying overhead. Modern Christmas cross stitch patterns

7. Jingle all the Way

It’s true, no one likes that.

Funny Christmas cross stitch pattern

8. Globe

Pretty Christmas globe. 17 Modern Christmas cross stitch patterns

9. Friends

The one with all the modern Christmas cross stitch patterns.

Christmas themed Friends cross stitch pattern

10. Festive Beagle

Stop it. With the hat and the tail ornament. Too cute!

A festive Christmas beagle cross stitch. Fun Christmas cross stitch patterns

11. Penguins

I know the tall guy is wearing ear muffs, but it kinda looks like he’s rocking out with massive headphones!

Cute penguin cross stitch embroidery pattern

12. T-Rex X-mas

I’m a sucker for a great pun! And dino humour is the best.

Fun Christmas embroidery patterns

13. Meowy Xmas

This has a Halloween vibe to it, no?

Cat Christmas cross stitch

14. Fox in a Bottle

That’s a very elegant fox. A foxy fox, you might say.

Beautiful fox in a bottle cross stitch DIY pattern

15. More Gnomes

Adorable Christmas gnomes modern cross stitch pattern

16. Girl with a Tree

How does this girl still look so ladylike carrying a Christmas tree? I look a bit like an ogre when I’m hoofing a tree down the street. lol

Modern Christmas cross stitch patterns for DIY holiday decor

17. Wintry Fox

This would be a great ornament!

Simple Christmas cross stitch pattern, wintry fox

So between this post of modern Christmas cross stitch patterns and this other one of 12 free Christmas cross stitch patterns, there are so many beautiful options for you to choose from!

Happy stitching!

Filed Under: Christmas, Crafts & DIYs, Decor, Holidays, Homemaking, Sewing & Embroidery Tagged With: christmas cross stitch, modern christmas cross stitch, modern cross stitch

Previous Post: « 12 Free Christmas Cross Stitch Patterns
Next Post: 25 Amazing DIY Christmas Gifts for Family »

Reader Interactions

Trackbacks

  1. 12 Free Christmas Cross Stitch Patterns | The Yellow Birdhouse says:
    October 13, 2020 at 1:21 pm

    […] If none of these strike your fancy, you should also check out this post of 17 Modern Christmas Cross Stitch Patterns. […]

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

Hey There!

I’m Laura, a busy work at home mama to two amazing boys. I help moms live their best crafty life, whether that’s with fun DIY projects or running an online shop. My passion is crafting with wool felt, but you’ll find a little bit of everything on the blog since I’m an unstoppable crafter and I love to share! Read More…

Recent Posts

  • 26 DIY Easter Basket Tutorials to Make or Sew
  • Free Easter Sewing Pattern – Felt Chick in an Egg
  • 16 Free Felt Fruit Patterns – Easy DIY Play Food

Felt Woodland Animal Patterns:

Connect with Us

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest

Legal Stuff

POLICIES
PRIVACY
DISCLOSURES

Copyright © 2023 ยท The Yellow Birdhouse

This website uses cookies to improve your experience. We'll assume you're ok with this if you continue to visit this site. If not, feel free to leave, no hard feelings!Accept Read More
https://theyellowbirdhouse.com/privacy/

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience.
Necessary
Always Enabled
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.
Non-necessary
Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
SAVE & ACCEPT