Sentiments Nashville Needlework Market 2025 Cross Stitch

Cross stitch pattern from Pansy Patch Quilts and Stitchery featuring the phrase "Needle and floss, scissors and spools, these are a stitcher's favorite tools"!

Pattern is stitched on Edinburgh Linen Country Mocha using DMC floss. Stitch count is 131w x 114h. Finished size is 7.28 in wide X 6.33 in high.

Cross stitch pattern from Teresa Kogut featuring a woman with the phrase "My heart is fed with needle and thread"!

Pattern is stitched on 40 Ct Linen using Classic Colorworks, DMC, Gentle Arts, and Weeks Dye Works threads. Stitch count is 144 x 144. Finished size is 7.2" x 7.2".

Cross Stitch pattern from Silver Creek Samplers featuring the phrase "Let the world know all people should be wherever they go equal and free. Rosa Parks"!

Stitched on 18 ct fabric using DMC floss. Stitch count is 74 x 160. Finished Size: 4 1/8" x 9".

Inspiration comes, sometimes, from unusual places. I had this frame I picked up a few years back, and actually designed it to fit the frame! (I believe it's still widely-available at custom frame shops). The verse is from an old sampler I saw years ago, and because I was constrained by space, I just... Read more about Hope - Cross Stitch Pattern

Cross stitch pattern from Annie Beez Folk Art featuring a pink farm and cow with the phrase "Strawberry milk comes from pink cows"!

The model is stitched on 36 count linen using 1 strand of floss over 2 linen threads. Stitch count: 82 X 77. Finished size is 4.56 in wide X 4.28 in high.

Cross stitch pattern from The Proper Stitcher featuring the phrase "May your home always be too small to hold all your friends"!

The pattern is stitched on 32 count linen using DMC floss. Stitch Count: 99 x 99. Finished size is 6 1/4" x 6 1/4"

Cross stitch pattern from Teresa Kogut featuring a beautiful garden with the phrase "Hope lies in new beginnings"!

Pattern is stitched on 40 ct Linen using Classic Colorworks, DMC, and Weeks Dye Works threads. Stitch count is 140 x 163. Finished size is 7" x 8.15".

This Baltimore-style sampler is a tribute to the bond of sisters. The quote reads:"Beside a well one does not thirst. Beside a sister one does not despair."

Pattern is stitched on 40 count linen using Classic Colorworks and Weeks Dye Works, and DMC threads with a DMC conversion. Stitch Count: 215 x 241. Finished size is 10.75" x 12.05".

This sampler brings together two of my favorite themes: stitching and music. It is full of motifs such as thread spools, "loudspeaker" flowers, and hoops with music notes. It reads: "I wanna rock and roll all night and cross stitch every day"

Pattern is stitched on 36... Read more about Rock & Roll Sampler - Cross Stitch Pattern

Inspired by my love of libraries, this design features an open book that is sprouting flowers and mushrooms with birds and a butterfly floating above. It reads: "the very existence of libraries affords the best evidence that we may yet have hope for the future of humanity".

... Read more about An Ode To Libraries - Cross Stitch Pattern

"Know When to Hold 'Em....Know when to Fold 'Em". Although Kenny was crooning about a poker game, the lyrics remind us that life is a story of probability. All of life is about decisions, for which outcomes are unknown. We make our best guesses that things will turn out more or less... Read more about King of Hearts - Cross Stitch Pattern

Introducing a "quilt to cross-stitch" design. The quilt/applique pattern was designed by Julie Porter of Farmhouse Cottons. Julie is a true friend from across the miles. I fell in love with Julie's Witch, Winifred, from the moment I saw her.

Pattern is stitched on 32 Count fabric. Stitch count is 265 x 193. Finished size is 18.93" x 13.79".

Cross stitch pattern from Antique Needleworkers featuring a shamrock with the phrase "Be ye loyal"!

The model was stitched on 36 ct fabric using The Gentle Arts, Classic Colorworks and Weeks Dye Works floss. Stitch count is 63 x 62. Finished size is 3.5 in wide X 3.44 in high.

Cute stylized honey bees and flowers with the phrase, "Give Bees a Chance"

Pattern is stitched on 16 ct Aida using The Gentle Arts floss with DMC Conversions. Stitch count is 60 x 69. Finished size is 3.9" x 4.4".

First designed for Mislaid Pages' 2024 Bird Box, the message behind this bird is Acceptance. Stitched in gorgeous silks on a beautiful linen hand-dyed by my roommate at Market, this chart reminds the stitcher that the most important person who can accept you is you.

The model was stitched... Read more about Worthy Bird - Cross Stitch Pattern

This adorable design will be a TREAT (and NO trick) to stitch for Halloween! I started with the crow on the jack-o-lantern and the words Trick or Treat and then realized how fun it would be to continue the rhyme and see what spooky scenes I could create for it.

The model was stitched... Read more about Trick Or Treat - Halloween Cross Stitch Pattern

Cross stitch pattern from Lindy Stitches featuring a swan with the phrase "Love hopes all things"!

The model was stitched over 2 threads on 40 ct fabric using Dinky Dyes floss with a DMC conversion. Stitch count 126 x 198. Finished size: 6.3 x 9.9.

Cross stitch pattern from NeedleWorkPress featuring a sampler with the phrase "Trust me, Batty doesn't begin to describe it"!

Stitched on your choice of fabric using Weeks Dye Works, Classic Colorworks, and DMC Light Effects. Stitch count is 150 x 135. Finished size is 9.4 x 8.5 for 32 count fabric.

This Plum Street Sampler design features friends and flowers at the top and then "If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, i could walk in my garden forever."

The model was stitched on 36 Ct. Vintage Homespun by R&R Reproductions with Weeks Dye Works, Classic Colorworks and DMC floss. Stitch Count: 96w x 168H. Finished Size: 5.33w x 9.33h.

Cross stitch pattern from Samplers And Primitives featuring the phrase "The hum of bees is the voice of the garden"!

The pattern is stitched on an aged/stained, "vintage", neutral (preferrably medium to darker colors) of linen or evenweave using DMC, Weeks Dye Works,... Read more about The Voice of the Garden - Cross Stitch Pattern

Cross Stitch pattern from Silver Creek Samplers featuring the phrase "Cross stitch is my cardio. My backsides have never looked better"!

Stitched on 18 ct fabric using DMC floss. Stitch count is 178 x 63. Finished Size: 10" x 3 1/2".

This is a sweet circular designs with a floral/leaf border and "Home Sweet Home" in the center.

The model was stitched on 40 Ct. Cream & Sugar linen from Fiber on a Whim with Weeks Dye Works floss. Stitch Count: 47W x 47H. Finished size is 2.35 in wide X 2.35 in high.

Celebrate the Heartland with this design of rolling hills filled with abundant grain. It was inspired by my nieces when they found themselves lost one day in the middle of Illinois farm country. It's a little bit Grant Wood and a little bit Whimsy!

Pattern is stitched on 40 ct Flax linen... Read more about The Corner Of Corn and Beans - Cross Stitch Pattern

This mourning sampler design from Summer House Stitche Workes features a bent over tree with hanging tree branches and the words "Remember me when this you see."

The model was stitched on 32 Ct. Chocolate Milk from Fabrics by Stephanie with Weeks Dye Works, Classic Colorworks & DMC floss. Stitch Count: 99W x 96H. Finished size is 6.19 in wide X 6 in high.

XStitch the Rainbow is back this year with 20 designers participating in the fantastic challenge of creating a 60 x 60 (or less) design using 4 beautiful colors provided by ThreadworX. This year's theme is "Night Garden" and I decided on a nine patch arrangement, perhaps reminiscent of a... Read more about Moon Flower Patches - Cross Stitch Pattern

Cross stitch pattern from The Nebby Needle featuring the phrase "To quilt or cross stitch, that is the question"!

The model was stitched on 36 ct. linen using Weeks Dye Works threads. Stitch count is 72w x 75h. Finished size is 4 in wide X 4.17 in high.

Cross stitch pattern from Tiny Modernist featuring flowers and the phrase "Yesterday I was cleaver so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise so I am changing myself"!

Pattern is stitched on 28 ct Pewter from Wichelt using Dinky Dye Silks and DMC threads with full DMC conversion. Stitch count is 114 x 147. Finished size is 8" x 10.5".

A 3-part Mini Series to celebrate the Crafty in all of us! "You say I'm crafty like its's a bad thing"!

The models were stitched on 32 ct Antique White Belfast using DMC floss. Stitch count is 63 x 92. Finished size is 3.94" x 5.75".

This pillow pair uses the same floral banding on each to embellish spring sentiments stitched on vibrant fabrics! The floral bands have been frayed at the edges to give them a tattered or vintage look, and the top and bottom of each band has been sewn into the seam of the pillow. The contrast of the... Read more about Tattered Spring - Cross Stitch Pattern

A fun little pincushion-sized stitch for those that find themselves equally drawn to the old and the new. A companion piece to the much larger "Rock & Roll Sampler"

Pattern is stitched on 32 count Dirt Track from Fox and Rabbit linen using Classic Colorworks and Weeks Dye Works threads with a DMC conversion. Stitch count is 92 x 46. Finished size is 5.11" x 2.56".

The model was turned into a quilted table mat meant for use at cross stitch retreats, but it would be just as good placed in a frame. It was inspired by the people I've met and the friends I've made at cross stitch events across the nation.

Pattern is stitched on 32 count linen using... Read more about Treasured Memories - Cross Stitch Pattern

This beautiful pattern from JBW Designs features birds, flowers and the saying "Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul."

The model was stitched over 2 threads on 36 Ct. Desert Taipan from Fox & Rabbit with Classic Colorworks and DMC floss. Stitch count is 186 x 108. Finished size is 10.4" x 6"

Every year, March 17th. St. Patrick's Day, heralds another year of drinking, shenanigans, and green-colored everything. I'm personally looking forward to curling up on my couch and chugging down a large Shamrock Shake from McDonald's in one disgusting but impressive gulp.

... Read more about The Patron Saint of Cats - Cross Stitch Pattern

Proverbs 31:13- She seeks wool and flax and works willingly with her hands

Stitched over two threads on 32 count linen. Stitch count is 130 x 155. Finished Size: 8.1 x 9.7.

Buckle up buttercup! You just flipped my crazy switch!

Model was stitched on 32ct Seafoam linen from Atomic Ranch using threads from DMC. Stitch count is 211 x 100. Finished Size: 13.2 x 6.3.

The Higher the Hair the closer to Jesus!

Model was stitched on 32 ct linen from Be Stitch me using threads from Classic Colorworks, Colour and Cotton, The Gentle Arts, Weeks and Wisper from Rainbow Gallery. Stitch count is 83 x 54. Finished Size: 4.6 x 3.0.

Cross stitch pattern from Emily Call Stitching featuring two friends who love stitching together!

The pattern is stitched on 32 count Platinum Lugana by Zweigart using Colour and Cotton with Weeks Dye Works floss. Stitch count is 150 x 93. Finished size is 9.38 in wide X 5.81 in high.... Read more about Stitching Besties - Cross Stitch Pattern

This design from Erin Elizabeth features a house, floral and lace border, and the words "Spring shows us that everything finds it's way."

Stitched on 36 ct. blue linen with Dinky Dyes threads (or DMC Conversion). Stitch count is 140 x 112. Finished size is 10" x 8".

Note from the designer: This sweet little verse comes from an entry in my great-grandmother's autograph book, dated from the early 1880's. Combined with motifs and pattern bands from my collection of little books' of the same time period, the pin pillow and berries make a sweet trio of smalls. Shown... Read more about Forget-Me-Not - Cross Stitch Pattern

Note from the designer: A look through antique pattern books provides quite the selection of quirky birds! These designs feature that bevy, flock, or gaggle - and illustrate two very different (and interchangeable) looks depending on your color preferences.

Indcludes the sayings... Read more about Featherbeds - Cross Stitch Pattern

This design from Erica Michaels features the saying "Good friends are like stars. You don't always see them, but you know they are always there." Pattern also included for a matching berry.

Both designs were stitched on 36 Ct. Hawthorne linen from Needle & Flax with Weeks Dye... Read more about Friends & Stars - Cross Stitch Pattern

This cross stitch pattern from Forbidden Fiber Co features the phrase "If you're going to be an open book, be a mystery"!

The model is stitched on 32 count Belfast Linen. Stitch count is 150 x 95. Finished size is 9.4" x 5.9".

A bright lemon with the phrase "Squeeze the Day" in the center. This is a pun design inspired by the motto, "Seize the day."

Pattern is stitched on 32 ct Aerial from Picture This Plus using Colour and Cotton and DMC threads. Stitch count is 73 x 54. Finished size is 4.7" x 3.5".

Trying to keep up with the stuff your kids or grandkids are saying? It's tough! Here are my household's favorite slang terms.

Pattern is stitched on 16 ct Aida using Sullivans threads with DMC conversion. Stitch count is 45 x 102. Finished size is 2.8" x 6.4".

Cross stitch pattern from Barefoot Needleart featuring a rainbow with the phrase "Let the Shenanigans begin"!

Stitched on 16 Count Aida using DMC floss. Stitch count is 77W x 71H. Finished size is 4.81 in wide X 4.44 in high.

Cross stitch pattern from Barefoot Needleart featuring a chart to celebrate grandparents! The chart includes a full alphabet so you can personalize this chart to your grandparent name.

Stitched on 28 Count Evenweave using Classic Colorworks floss. Stitch count is 148W x 128H. Finished size is 11 x 19.

This chart was first designed as part of an Earth Day collaboration with The Stitchers' Collective. The quote from Hemingway rings as true this year as it did in 2023; the Earth is a fine place, and worth fighting for.

The model was stitched on 32ct Dark Olive Lugana from Zweigart using... Read more about Worth Fighting For - Cross Stitch Pattern

I lovingly refer to this sampler as "an unfaithful adaptation." The original is in my collection and it is stitched in a calming array of blues and browns. I wanted something a little more exciting, so I converted the colors to match my 1905 Bird Sulky Floss Pack. I love the effect and I... Read more about Rebecca Kemp 1848 - Cross Stitch Pattern