DLTK's Crafts for Kids
Flower Themed Cross Stitch Patterns

Materials:

• printer
• paper
   
• embroidery floss (see the template for recommendations for the colors needed)
  • feel free to substitute colors!
    • If your child wants an orange flower don't get stuck... just substitute orange floss for the pink.
    • If you have left over floss lying around you can use that too (ex:  black for the mouth instead of purple)
       
• 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)
  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 (we have two different templates to choose from)
   
• 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)
   
• Start cross stitching!  To learn more about cross stitching, check out our "How to Cross Stitch" directions.
   
   
   
• Close the template window after printing to return to this screen.
   
• Set page margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the template on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most browsers).

Tulip with face     (color)   or   (B&W)

Tulip with butterfly   (color)   or   (B&W)   and   (floss colors)

Blue Flower   (color)   or   (B&W)

Printable version of these instructions