The 2023 Just Cross Stitch Halloween Magazine is here! It is loaded with 50 plus Halloween-themed Cross Stitch designs. There are six chapters of new, exclusive designs from favorite needle art experts along with 30 Spooktacular ornaments! 114 pages.
This fun design centers around the 1929 song, Dance Around in Your Bones. I couldn't resist! This design is stitched on 40-Count Ancient Ruin from Fox & Rabbit using Needlepoint Silk. Cross stitch, French Knots and straight stitches are used in this design, as are a bit of cross stitch over one thread. The stitch count is: 129 Wide by 178 High.
Cross stitch pattern from Cosford Rise Stitchery featuring Halloween creatures in costume on a pin drum!
Patterns are stitched on 36 ct Putty from Weeks Dye Works and 32 ct Raw using Gentle Arts, Weeks Dye Works, and Classic Colorworks threads. Stitch counts are 216 x 77 and 40 x 40.
Cross stitch pattern from Lindy Stitches featuring a black cat singing under the moon and says, "Black cat singing in the dead of night".
Also available in the Black Cat Season Collection: Midnight Walker, Black Cat Season, Blackest Cat, House Panther, and Good Luck.
Cross Stitch pattern from Mani Di Dona featuring a spooky ghosts on Halloween night!
The model was stitched over 2 threads on 32 ct Tin Roof Weeks Dye Works using Weeks Dye Works threads. Music box not included. Stitch counts and finished sizes vary.
Note from designer: I chose to design the year 1867 on the pocket because while I was looking up some information on jack o'lanterns, I came across a site that told of the first image of a carved pumpkin being published in an 1867 issue of Harper's Weekly.
Note from the designer: "This is a fun play on the alphabet with lots of spooky bits appearing in that little graveyard! The berry spells "Halloween" to pair up with the graveyard design. Both are mostly monochromatic black with a few DMC details."
Cross stitch pattern from Stitching With The Housewives featuring a haunted house on the scale surrounded by spooky trick or treating ghosts!
The model was stitched over 2 threads on 28 Ct. Tea Dyed Monaco fabric with Classic Colorworks floss. Stitch Count: 84 x 97 each. Finished size: 6" x 7" each.
Cross stitch pattern from Calico Confectionery featuring the fifth in the "Seasonal Cats" series, "Tabitha"! Stitch this cute witch girl kitty with all of here witchy accouterments plus a big, shiny moon and bats!
The model was stitched on 16ct Dapple Aida from Picture This Plus with DMC floss. Stitch Count: 85w x 140h.
Reprint of a previously discontinued pattern. Models stitched over two on 32 Ct. Natural Light Linen using DMC floss. Stitch Count for Each: 62H x 68W. Finished Size: 3 7/8" x 4 1/4"
Cross stitch pattern from Glendon Place featuring Frankenstein and his wife in front of their house!
Model stitched on 28 ct. "Mire" Cashel Linen by Picture this Plus using Sullivans thread with DMC comparable colors listed as well. Stitch count is 111 x 157.
Cross stitch pattern from Heart in Hand Needleart featuring ghosts, Frankenstein, pumpkins, oh my!
Model stitched on 32 ct linen using Classic Colorworks and Weeks Dye Works threads with DMC alternatives. Stitch count is 65 x 65. Tiny gold star embellishments included. Shown in a Heartware bowl.
Cross stitch pattern from Kitty and Me featuring jack-o-lanterns arranged in groups of four with the silhouette of a cat looking up at them.
Model stitched over 2 on 28 ct white Lugana fabric with DMC thread and Kreinik #4 braid. Stitch Count: 97w x 97h. Finished size: 6 7/8" x 6 7/8". Designed by Pamela Kellogg.
Model stitched on 36 count "Stars Hollow blend" linen by R&R Reproductions using DMC floss. Stitch count is 45 x 52, 47 x 50, 45 x 51, 27 x 34. Finished sizes are 2.5" x 3", 2.5" x 2.75", 2" x 2.5".
Model stitched using two strands of floss over two fabric threads on 32 ct. Dirty linen using DMC and Weeks Dye Works thread. Stitch count is 78H x 61W.