DLTK's Holiday Activities for Kids
Summer Themed Cross Stitch Patterns
Two beginner cross stitch patterns for children to make for Summer!
Both patterns works well as a bookmark on 6 or 6 count aida cloth.
It also makes a nice picture on plastic canvas or 6 count aida (terrific
for beginners!). The Summer Sun pattern is somewhat easier than
the Summer Watermelon one is.
When I do these projects with the girls, I encourage them fill in the
backgrounds with cross stitch instead of leaving it unstitched.
The long rows of single colored stitches are terrific practice.
But it's completely up to you! It does make the project take a lot
longer.
You can also skip the words on the templates if your child is just
working on cross stitching not backstitching.
Materials:
printer
paper
Embroidery Floss Used for the Summer Sun pattern:
Symbols
Strands
Type
Number
Color
3
DMC
445
Lemon-LT
3
DMC
957
Geranium-Pale
3
DMC
973
Canary-BRT
3
DMC
996
Electric Blue-MD
backstitching
1
DMC
310
Black
Embroidery Floss Used for the Summer Watermelon pattern:
Symbols
Strands
Type
Number
Color
3
DMC
310
Black
3
DMC
986
Forest
Green-VY Dark
3
DMC
989
Forest
Green
3
DMC
3348
Yellow
Green-LT
3
DMC
3731
Dusty
Rose-VY Dark
3
DMC
3756
Baby
Blue-UL VY LT
3
DMC
3823
Yellow-UL
Pale
backstitching
1
DMC
3731
Dusty
Rose-VY Dark
feel free to substitute colors!
If you have left over floss lying around you can use that too
(ex: cherry red instead of geranium-pale)
Aida cloth with a low number (6 count Aida is 6 stitches per inch while
10 count is 10 stitches per inch... the lower the number, the bigger the
project ends up being and the easier it is for a beginner to complete)
SUMMER SUN
6 count would give you a 3.8 x 5.3 inch finished project
8 count would give you a 2.9 x 4.0 inch finished project
SUMMER
6 count would give you a 5.0 x 6.7 inch finished project
8 count would give you a 3.8 x 5.0 inch finished project
OR
plastic canvas
embroidery hoop (a must! unless you're using plastic canvas)
needle (20 or 22 work well, but any that fit 3 strands of floss will do)
Instructions:
Print out the template of choice
fold cloth in half and then in half again to find the center.
place hoop around cloth. Start as close to center as you can
cut about 18 inch pieces of floss and divide in half (so you have 3
strands of floss to work with)
