Sealife Cross Stitch Patterns

This fun summer pattern by Crocette A Gogo features a three by three grid filled with nautical and ocean themed designs including crabs, pelicans, seahorses, and more!

Stitched on 32 ct. natural linen using DMC floss. The stitch count is 157 x 157 and the finished size is 9.64" x 9.64".

An adventure under the sea, fun to stitch in soft overdyed hues.

Stitched on 40 ct. linen with Gentle Arts, Classic Colorworks, and Weeks Dye Works. The stitch count is 169 x 158 and the finished size is 8.45" x 7.9".

A cute narwhal swims in an aurora borealis composed of small, starry motifs.

Pattern is stitched on 16 ct. Navy Aida with DMC floss. The stitch count is 92 x 93 and the finished size is 5.75" x 5.81".

Cross stitch pattern from Primrose Cottage Stitches featuring a fun Quaker design with sea creatures!

Pattern is stitched on 32 ct Taupe Lugana using Classic Colorworks threads with DMC conversion. Stitch count is 82w x 81h. Finished size is 5.13" x 5.06".

Underwater Garden is part of the 2026 XStitch the Rainbow collaboration. Featuring a fun underwater design with fish and more! This pattern includes two charts, Coral Hide & Seek and Fish School.

Coral Hide and Seek is stitched on 28 count Twilight Linen from Picture This Plus. Fish... Read more about Fish Friends - XStitch The Rainbow - Cross Stitch Pattern

This cross stitch pattern from Pigeon Coop features a geometric rendition of a North Pacific coastline along with a pod of orcas.

Pattern is stitched on 14 count white Aida using DMC floss. Stitch count is 100 x 90. Finished size is 7.14" x 6.43".

Cross stitch pattern from Blackbird Designs featuring an octopus and says "Under the sea in an octopus garden in the shade"!

Pattern is stitched on 32 ct Cedar Plank by Lakeside Linens using Gentle Arts threads with DMC conversion. Stitch count is 120 x 101.

Cross stitch pattern from Crocette a Gogo with a cat holding a large fish and the saying "Fish for the Black Cat".

Model stitched on 32 ct. natural linen using DMC floss. Stitch count is 93 x 97. Charm discontinued.

XStitch the Rainbow is a colorful and creative collaboration. Over 20 designers have each created a deep ocean themed pattern no larger than 60 x 60 stitches, using the same palette of four Cottage Garden Threads floss colors.

Whale Shark by Ink Circles features a whale shark friend with... Read more about Whale Shark - XStitch The Rainbow - Cross Stitch Pattern

A curious little octopus drifts through an underwater garden of swaying seaweed, tiny fish, and sparkling bubbles. With its bright colors, curled tentacles, and playful movement, it captures the gentle magic of life beneath the waves - mysterious, cheerful, and full of ocean-daydream charm. This is... Read more about Tentacles Below - XStitch The Rainbow - Cross Stitch Pattern

Cross stitch pattern from Primrose Cottage Stitches featuring a fun beach sampler!

Pattern is stitched on 32 ct Taupe Lugana using Classic Colorworks threads with DMC conversion. Stitch count is 76w x 275h. Finished size is 4.75" x 17.19".

Sea Turtle Cove is part of the XStitchTheRainbow collaboration featuring the Cottage Garden Threads Beneath the Waves Palette.

Pattern is stitched on 36 count Lunar by Be Stitch Me with Cottage Garden Threads Beneath The Waves palette. Stitch Count: 60 x 60. Finished size: approx 3.3" x 3.3".

XStitch the Rainbow is a colorful and creative collaboration. Over 20 designers have each created a deep ocean themed pattern no larger than 60 x 60 stitches, using the same palette of four Cottage Garden Threads floss colors.

This design by Tiny Modernists features a colorful underwater... Read more about Midnight Ocean - XStitch The Rainbow - Cross Stitch Pattern

From The Daughters of the Wild Collection, this gorgeous design is worked in shades of blue, green & purple. Finished size: 7.13" x 10.69"

Pattern is stitched on 32ct Graceful Grey linen. Using DMC threads Kreinik #4 and Mill Hill beads. Stitch count is 114w X 171h. Finished size is 7.13 in wide X 10.69 in high.

"The pond is her sanctuary, where a lot of magic happens. Birds are chirping and the morning dew starts to glisten. She might be cute and small, but her heart is golden; Just always remember, on every breath of wish, she always listens."

Stitched on Aida with DMC floss, Rainbow... Read more about Treasures: Pond Water Nymph - Cross Stitch Pattern

This nautical cross stitch pattern from Crocette A Gogo features a sailor Walrus holding a fishing pole with a fresh catch and the words "Walrus and Fish".

Model stitched on 32 count natural linen using DMC floss. Stitch count is 93 x 97. Finished size is 5.81" x 6.06".

Cross stitch pattern from Quaint Rose Needle Arts featuring four designs with seagulls catching sardines!

Models stitched on 36 count linen using Weeks Dye Works and DMC floss. Stitch counts and finished sizes are:
Salty: 60w x 66h; 3.33" x 3.67"
Seagulls: 110w x... Read more about Sardine Thieves - Cross Stitch Pattern

This pattern is a collaboration piece for XStitch the Rainbow - Beneath the Waves. After seeing the lovely color palette for this year, I immediately thought of a clown fish in an anemone. For the design of the anemone, I wanted to create a border sampler feel. I stitched my little clown fish on a... Read more about Anemone - XStitch the Rainbow - Cross Stitch Pattern

Underwater Garden is part of the 2026 XStitch the Rainbow collaboration. Featuring a fun underwater design with fish and more!

Stitched on 40 ct. Beanstalk with the Cottage Garden Threads floss pack (DMC conversion included). The stitch count is 60 x 60 and the finished size is 3" x 3".

XStitch the Rainbow is a colorful and creative collaboration. Over 20 designers have each created a deep ocean themed pattern no larger than 60 x 60 stitches, using the same palette of four Cottage Garden Threads floss colors.

Cross stitch pattern from Pansy Patch Quilts and Stitchery... Read more about Houseboat Hangout - XStitch The Rainbow - Cross Stitch

Beneath fading daylight, four sea witches rose from their coral towers, each bound to a darker tide. One commanded storms, her breath splitting waves. One bent shadows, hiding wrecks from mortal eyes. One spoke with bones and rust, waking memories in sunken steel. The last ruled silence, crushing... Read more about Sea Witches & The Lost Treasures - Cross Stitch Pattern

Cross stitch pattern from Heart in Hand Needleart featuring an animal for every season and the phrase "The Seasons"!

Model stitched on 32 ct old stationary linen using Classic Colorworks threads. Stitch count is 103w x 103h, Seasonal Etching; 169w x 11h, The Seasons. Approx. finished size is 6.5" x 6.5, Seasonal Etchings; 10.5" x "0.06, The Seasons.

An orca whale swims through rainbow gradient motifs.

Pattern is stitched on 16 ct. white aida with Lecien Cosmo floss (DMC conversion included). The stitch count is 110 x 78 and the finished size is 6.88" x 4.88".

Note from the Designer: A deep-sea submarine navigates through a smack of jellyfish (yes, that's one of many collective incredible nouns for jellyfish, along with Bloom, Swarm, and Fluther) with a surprising passenger aboard... modeled after my own orange boy, Jam.

Pattern is stitched... Read more about Jam And The Jellies XStitch the Rainbow - Pattern

Cross Stitch pattern from Silver Creek Samplers featuring a whale in the ocean in front of our lighthouse with the words "Explore the depths of life with care and take the time to rise for air".

Stitched on 18 ct. Celestine with Classic Colorworks, Forbidden Fiber, and DMC floss. The stitch count is 92 x 105 and the finished size is 5.11" x 5.83".

Pattern by Kathy Barrick featuring a beautiful lady standing among nature with the words "A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband, but she that has no shame is rottenness in his bones".

The model was stitched on 40-Count Pearled Barley from Lakeside Linens using Needlepoint... Read more about A Virtuous Woman Stocking & Sampler - Cross Stitch Pattern

Cross Stitch pattern from Silver Creek Samplers featuring a sweet kitten, fish, and puppy with the words "Never depend on someone to make you happy, that is what pets are for".

Stitched on 18 ct. Grogg from BeStitchMe with DMC floss. The stitch count is 60 x 98 and the finished size is 3.33" x 5.44".

XStitch the Rainbow is a colorful and creative collaboration. Over 20 designers have each created a deep ocean themed pattern no larger than 60 x 60 stitches, using the same palette of four Cottage Garden Threads floss colors.

Pattern by The Stitch Crypt featuring a cute underwater... Read more about Deep Sea Dumbo - XStitch The Rainbow - Cross Stitch Pattern

The fish in this design form a tessellation, which is a repeating pattern with no gaps (think about the prints of the artist M.C. Escher). Even under water, my geometric math brain influences my cross stitch designs!

Model stitched on 32 count Rain Country French linen from Wichelt using... Read more about School of Fish - XStitch the Rainbow - Cross Stitch Pattern

Sardines pillow and Scissors Fob? Yes but the maritime version. A needle and pin pillow with fish scissors fob.

Pattern is stitched on Aida using DMC floss. Stitch count is 55 x 57. Finished size is 3.06 x 3.17.

Cross stitch pattern from Puntini Puntini featuring three sea creatures, a whale, turtle, and octopus!

Pattern is stitched on 32 ct linen using DMC threads. Stitch count for each is 67w x 66h. Finished size is 4.19" x 4.13" each.

Cross stitch pattern from Erin Elizabeth featuring a row of buildings on the beach!
Pattern is stitched on 28 ct Light Taupe Lugana using DMC thread. Stitch count is 112 x 43.

Cross stitch pattern from Kathy Barrick featuring a brown fish owl with the alphabet!

Pattern is stitched on 40 ct Parchment from Weeks Dye Works using DMC floss. Stitch count is 147 x 223.

Model stitched on 14 ct. fabric of your choice with DMC floss, Dinky dyes Silk floss and Kreinik #4 braid. Shown with beads (size 15 silver lined teal sead beads, 6mm amethyst Bicone Swarovski Crystal bead, 4mm zircon Bicone Swarovski bead, 6mm tangerine Bicone Swarovski bead, 8x5mm tropical... Read more about Koi Pond - Cross Stitch Pattern

There will be blood, an uncomfortable sense of tension and a bad tempered, unpredictable beast. Now go get me some damn chocolate and let me bleed in peace.

Pattern is stitched on 14 or 28 ct fabric of your choice using DMC floss. Stitch count is 76w x 83h. Finished size is 5.92" x 6.64".

Cross stitch pattern from Cute Embroidery By Kate featuring three houses on the beach with surf boards, anchors, fish and seagulls!

Designs are stitched on 14 Ct. Aida in the color of your choice with DMC floss.
Blue House: Stitch Count: 39 x 46 and the finished size is 2.79" x... Read more about Beach Houses - Cross Stitch Pattern

This chart is part of the Beneath the Waves palette with X-Stitch the Rainbow! Featuring the spooky angler fish from the deep ocean!

Stitched on 28 count Uplifting Currents by Under the Sea. Stitch count is 59 x 59. Finished size is 4.21 in wide X 4.21 in high.

Cross stitch pattern from Primitive Hare featuring three nautical themed ornaments!

Pattern is stitched on 30 ct Old Salem linen using Gentle Arts threads with DMC conversion. Stitch count is 63 x 62. Finished size is 4.2" x 4.13".

Cross stitch pattern from The Sweetheart Tree featuring an itty bitty kitty watching all the yummy fish in the Aquarium!

Pattern is stitched on 28 or 32 ct Lambswool using DMC threads and Mill Hill beads. Stitch count is 35 x 35. Finished size on 28 ct is 2.19" x 2.19".

Cross stitch pattern from Petal Pusher featuring a colorful underwater scene with fish and octopus!

Pattern is stitched on 32 ct. "Blueberry" linen by Fiber on a Whim using Cottage Garden Thread pack - Beneath the Waves. Stitch Count: 60w x 60h and the finished size is 3.75" x 3.75".

Cross stitch pattern from Fox and Rabbit featuring a colorful fish who is seeing starfish!

Patterns are stitched on 32 count Ocean Air Linen by Fox and Rabbit using Cottage Garden Threads - Beneath the Waves Palette. Stitch count is 60 x 60. Finished size is 3.75" x 3.75"

Meet Astrid, the sweetest little turtle bringing spring to life. This original 360-degree pinkeep is fully stitched all around, creating a truly unique display piece for your home. It's fresh, dimensional, and unlike anything else in the room.

The pattern stitched on 32 ct. linen using Gentle Arts floss. Stitch count is 209 x 285. Finished size is 13.06 in wide X 17.81 in high.

Cross stitch pattern from Barefoot Needleart featuring two fun colored Octopi holding tentacles and making a heart.

Pattern is stitched on 16 count black Aida with Classic Colorworks, Gentle Arts, and Weeks Dye Works floss. The stitch count is 199 x 198 and the finished size is 12.44" x 12.38".

Pattern by Boomerang Stitches featuring a cute Halloween pirate design with a bird named Percy.

Stitched on 32 ct Pearl Grey Lugana with DMC floss, stitched 2 over 2. The stitch count is 70 x 70 and the finished size is 4.38" x 4.38".

Ahoy there Matey! Sail the Seven Seas as you stitch this imaginative seascape with crashing waves, billowing sails and spouting whale.

Stitched on 32 ct. Vintage Country Mocha Linen with NPI floss. The stitch count is 180 x 72 and the finished size is 11.25" x 4.5". Finished with Storm blue rick rack from Lady Dot Creates.

Cross stitch pattern by Stitch Wit featuring a cute marine themed pattern with a sea turtle swimming in the water.

Model stitched on 14 count white Aida with DMC floss. The stitch count is 152 x 148 and the finished size is 10.9" x 10.6"

Pattern by Thistles featuring a Mayan inspired design with a turtle, lizard, and ziggurat.

Pattern is stitched on 36 ct. Milk & Honey with Classic Colorworks floss. The stitch count is 119 x 126 and the finished size is 6.61" x 7".

From The Daughters of the Wild Collection, this gorgeous design is worked in shades of pink, purple & lilac.

Pattern is stitched on 32ct Graceful Grey linen. Using DMC threads, Kreinik #4, and Mill Hill beads. Stitch count: 106w X 207h. Finished size: 6.63" x 12.94".