Patriotic Macrame Wall Hanging

There is something so charming about patriotic decor that feels handmade rather than store-bought, and this DIY Patriotic Macrame Wall Hanging is a lovely example of how simple materials can be turned into a festive piece for summer decorating. It has that relaxed, boho-style look of macrame, but with a red, white, and blue twist that makes it perfect for the 4th of July, Memorial Day, Veterans Day, or any Americana-inspired celebration.

What I really like about this project is that it does not feel overly fussy or formal. The yarn strands, floral accents, and hanging design give it a soft handmade feel, which makes it easy to style on a front porch, patio wall, craft room door, mantel, or party backdrop. It is patriotic without being too loud, and the colors could easily be swapped out if you wanted to use the same idea for another holiday, birthday party, nursery, or seasonal wall hanging.

This is also a great project for using up yarn scraps, ribbon pieces, faux flowers, or leftover craft supplies you may already have tucked away. You do not need advanced macrame skills to get a pretty result, which makes it a nice beginner-friendly DIY for anyone who wants a quick handmade decoration with a lot of visual impact.

If you love easy holiday crafts that look impressive but are still achievable, this patriotic macrame wall hanging tutorial is a fun one to add to your summer crafting list.

You can see the full tutorial here: Patriotic Macrame Wall Hanging

Lifted Spirit Patterns is a cross stitch Etsy shop based in Australia that specializes in vintage travel poster style cross stitch patterns, but has a lot of other fun stuff, too. Let’s check it out!

By far the biggest category of designs here is travel posters, including US states, cities around the world and some general country poster style cross stitch patterns. So as not to play favorites, I thought I’d share the Australia poster, which features Uluru. The palette of yellows, oranges and greens is a lot of fun, and in all it uses 13 colors.

The design is 117 by 158 stitches, which comes out to 8.4 by 11.3 inches, or 21.2 by 28.7 cm on 14 count fabric. You can of course make it smaller by using a higher count fabric if you like, but I think that’s a good size for a poster style design.

There are also quite a lot of cat and dog cross stitch patterns, with many different breeds shown and space for the dog or cat’s name at the bottom. Most of these are dogs but there are a handful of cats, too.

Another large category is Christian cross stitch, which includes bible quotes and prayers along with some images without words.

The decorative cross stitch section includes some funny designs, like a hippo playing the drums, as well as some animal faces, birds and a set of colorful mushroom hoops, to name a few.

Other sections include kids cross stitch, mom life, wedding patterns, quotes and poetry.

You’ll also find a great collection of cross stitch alphabets of all sorts. There are script fonts, a Disney inspired font, varsity block letters and letters that look like candy canes, ice cream and jelly beans, to name a few. There’s also a great collection of small cross stitch fonts, perfect for adding personalization to any cross stitch pattern.

Check out all their fun designs at Lifted Spirit Patterns.

[Photo: Lifted Spirit Patterns]

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