It’s not long until Easter, so if you’re thinking of seasonal decorations or handmade gifts, let cross stitch lead the way for your Easter celebrations. Small cross stitch projects can also be a fun group activity if you’re planning an Easter party with like-minded crafters!

Easter Aida

If you want to give your Easter themed projects an extra level of appreciation for the season, there’s no better way to do so than by choosing a sympathetic aida. At Fabric Flair we have a great range to choose from, and have patterned aida to suit any celebration. Our top pick for an Easter project would be our eggs pattern, available in buttery yellow or sky blue. For a brightly colored aida with playful stripes, we recommend candy corn stripes to give your project a real lift. Abstract Easter Birds is a lovely choice for so many projects, with colorful highlights to elevate a multitude of cross stich projects. We also have Easter themed patterns, such as Egg Couple and Bunny Costume, both of which would make for cheerful Easter wall hangings.

Easter Eggs

While we all love a chocolate Easter egg, their iconic shape with connotations of the season make them a great choice when choosing a cross stitch motif. Little Easter egg novelties make great gifts, or you could use them as part of a decorative display for your home, workplace, church or community center. These little patterns yield small but highly decorative eggs – stick them to some colored cardboard and add a ribbon to hang them from tree branches for a beautiful 3D display. For another 3D option, use a Styrofoam egg to bring these floral egg patterns to life. We just love the daffodils and other spring flowers, so cleverly displayed on eggs which can be used for decoration. For a final 3D decoration recommendation, these egg-shaped wooden stands are perfect to make a wonderful display. Use any pattern you like or design your own motif to fill the egg shape and create something truly unique.

For traditional flat projects, we have plenty of innovative ideas. If you like a small hoop project, this Easter rainbow is a colorful representation of Easter. Work it in pastel floss on white damask for a clean look, or choose a patterned aida for a really bright display. If you like bold patterns and color combinations, work up this Easter egg sampler in just one color for a dazzling contrast. If you like a more complicated pattern with delicate stitches to follow, we love this beautiful egg design with surrounding florals.

Decoration Ideas

If you want to use cross stitch as part of your Easter decorations but can’t figure out the 3D patterns linked above, never fear – we’ve got plenty of ideas for how to use flat cross stitch into the festivities:

• Vase Wraps. If you have worked on some lovely little motifs and aren’t sure how to use them, try stitching the aida onto a backing piece (a simple scrap of colored cotton is fine, or even a wide length of ribbon) and try wrapping this around a small vase. Little jam jars of wildflowers are just as lovely on a springtime table, and you can add a little Easter element to your dining table for family meals.
• Hanging Snapshots. Perhaps you’ve seen the wedding trend where couples suspend polaroid photographs from tree branches on lengths of ribbon? If you’re having an outdoor celebration on a fine day, cross stitch motifs can be used in a similar way. Work on small pieces – the size of a polaroid, or even a matchbox – and paste two together (back to back) with some sturdy card in between. These can then be hung on ribbon or string from the ceiling, door frames, or of course tree branches in the garden. Guests will enjoy watching the decorations twirling in the wind, and they could even play a role in a children’s game of Eye Spy.
• Napkin Rings. If your usual Easter celebrations include a sit-down meal, making cross stitch napkin rings is a lovely way to add a seasonal touch to the table. Think of cute motifs (such as chicks, rabbits, ducklings, lambs, etc) or you could make them personal by embroidering initials of the guest alongside some springtime florals.

Easter Temperature Chart

If you’ve seen the popular ‘temperature blankets’ that people work on throughout the year, you might have been tempted to do something similar in cross stitch but baulked at the level of work required. If this sounds familiar, how about something a little more low-key but with just as much impact, and a memento which will last for years to come? Choose the size of your project – perhaps ten or twelve Easter egg outlines on a piece of plain aida – and keep track of the temperatures over the Easter weekend. Using floss with colors corresponding to the temperatures (make a note of this for years to come!) decorate one of the Easter eggs on your piece and embroider the year beneath. Each year you can ‘fill in’ another egg with the corresponding floss, and in time will look back with fond memories of each Easter season.