Free patterns and charts: Autumn Halloween Fall

This roundup of free Embroidery or Cross-stitch patterns are all about Halloween, Autumn and fall. It tempting to skip ahead to Christmas but we love a good Halloween season in our house. I am sharing some of my favorite Cross stitch finds from all over the internet.

Update: I have edited this post to remove the broken links. This cross-stitch post was written in 2009 and since then many of these Cross stitch and embroidery bloggers have not survived. Some of these free patterns are lingering on the internet so if you find one please let us know. Meantime check out our other Halloween cross stitch posts.

(1) Halloween pup from Peticlar Fashions (via Tricia-Rennea)
(2) Jack-o-lantern and cider line art from Tricia-Rennea
(3) Trick or Treat from Two-Handed Stitcher
(4) Jolie rencontre from Les chroniques de Frimousse
(5) Thanksgiving characters from Connie G. Barwick of About.com
(6) Ottobre from Romy’s Cross Stitch Patterns
(7) Mademoiselle Automne from Le blog de carmela
(8) Happy Halloween from The Crimson Moon
(9) Candy corn from sudukc’s needleart & other musings
(10) Fall leaves line art from Tricia-Rennea

Hanukkah is a great reason to pull out your cross stitch fabric and thread and stitch up some fun seasonal cross stitch patterns.

If you have trouble spelling Hanukkah (I know I do!) you’ll want to stitch up the How Do You Spell… project from SKB Cross Stitch Design. This one includes a bunch of different ways to spell the holiday, along with some symbols like a dreidel and menorah. (Technically I think all the ways to spell it are “correct.”) The pattern includes full, fractional and bask titches, and measures 8.5 by 7 inches, or 21.6 by 17.8 cm. It has the date for 2004/5785 but you can easily change the year or leave that part off.

Another project with some fun word play is the Words to Live By chart from Sam Brie Stitches. This one includes Hanukkah related symbols and word presented crossword puzzle style, which is fun to stitch and to display. The design uses 10 colors and measures 74 by 103 stitches. It’s shown worked on 18 count fabric.

I may have shared these before, but the Hanukkah patterns from the Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery are so cute they’re definitely worth sharing again. Happy Hanukkah features a menorah, dreidels, gelt, stars and candles, and it fits in a 6-inch hoop. At 75 by 75 stitches, it comes out to 5.4 inches/13.4 cm on 14 count Aida or 28 count linen. They also have this cute little dreidel stamp cross stitch pattern, which is 39 by 49 stitches, or 2.8 by 3.5 inches (about 7 by 9 cm) on 14 count Aida or 28 count linen.

Works By ABC has a lot of great patterns for Hanukkah, but here are just a couple to get you started. The Rules for Dreidel design is fun for kids and adults and shows the different sides of the dreidel and what it means when you land on them. The stitch count is 62 by 94 and its shown worked on 32 count linen. It calls for three colors. I also like this menorah one, which measures 44 by 49 stitches and uses two colors along with coordinating seed beads. On 32 count linen as shown (equivalent to 16 count Aida) it measures 2.75 by 3.1 inches, or almost 7 by 7.8 cm.

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