CROCHET FOR FALL – Craft Gossip

Fall isn’t really my favorite time of year, but I do love the colors and Fall decorations. I’ve scouted out some ideas for us to crochet. This first is a place mat that even a rank beginner could make. Color choice would be key to making a lovely Fall table:

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http://www.ehow.com/how_4506688_crochet-fall-place-mats.html

One of my all time favorite fridgies is this Turkey Butt. Everyone I’ve ever made one of these for has loved it. Makes a nice broach with a simple pin back tied to it. It would make a nice door ornament with several of these affixed to a wreath wrapped with some fall garlands:

http://www.yarncat.com/turkey_butt.html

And, who doesn’t love Indian Corn? I adore this free pattern made with yummy colors of LB Homespun:

http://www.aliciakachmar.com/blog/craft/its-never-too-late-for-indian-corn/

Finally, here’s something you find just anywhere! An entire turkey to crochet. Instructions are free to download at the site:

http://www.loganwoven.com/crocheted-thanksgiving-turkey

Now, you’ve got all the free patterns you can use to make your house a Fall Wonderland!

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The other day I shared some cross stitch patterns with ornaments on them, so this time around I wanted to share cross stitch patterns that you can use as ornaments. It would be fun to do a whole tree in your craft room with cross stitch ornaments, or just add a few to your tree or give them as gifts.

These little quilt inspired cross stitch patterns from Flamingo Toes look like ornaments and fit in 3-inch hoops, which are perfect for hanging on the tree or using to decorate a gift. I love the pastel colors on these but you can use more traditional Christmas colors if you like.

This cute Christmas tree from Lagodargetoshop uses a single color and fits in a 4-inch hoop, but you could make it smaller if you wanted by trimming the last ornaments and gifts from the sides, or just stitch the tree without any other embellishments. Either way it’s a cute addition to your holiday tree.

Stitched Modern has a super cute collection of retro Christmas ornament cross stitch patterns from designer Gera. This is a printed pattern that will be shipped to you. Each pattern is about 40 by 56 stitches, or 2.9 by 4 inches/7.4 by 10 cm on 14 count fabric. To work the whole set you’ll need 20 colors of floss.

These snowflake ornaments from Our Little Handmade Home are each about 2.5 inches/6.4 cm when stitched on 14 count fabric, and they use a single color of floss. They are pretty in red but you could also do white on a blue or black background, or whatever suits your other Christmas tree decorations!

From the description it sounds like this set of vintage style cross stitch characters is presented as one large chart, but the photo from Sampler Antique Stitch shows each of them stitched up as their own little ornament, so it gets included here. You’ll find Santa and snowmen in different poses in this cute collection.

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