Free Christmas gift tag cross stitch pattern

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Make your Christmas gift tags extra special this year with a quick-and-easy stitch.

Stitch it on 14-count white aida then simply patch your finished stitching onto a coordinating piece of card, cut out the tag shape and add a pretty ribbon!

Use the free backstitch alphabet cross stitch pattern in the PDF below to personalise your tag. Or try a different finish and make it into a cross stitch advent Christmas stocking instead.

About this design:

Stitch count: 22 high x 22 wide
Design area: 14 HPI (28-count evenweave) – 4x4cm (1½x1½in)
Threads: This design was stitched using DMC stranded cotton but the key includes Anchor and Madeira threads too.

Free Christmas gift tag cross stitch pattern

Zoe Williams

Zoe launched Gathered.how as editor in 2019. A keen crafter, quilter and sewist, she has worked with the UK’s best-selling craft magazines – from Today’s Quilter to Love Patchwork & Quilting, Simply Sewing and The World of Cross Stitching. With over a decade of craft publishing experience under her belt, she loves crafting with her kids and curling up on the sofa with a spot of hand patchwork. Zoe has previously written for radiotimes.com, Simply Knitting and The World of Cross Stitching and was previously Deputy Editor of Papercraft inspirations magazine. She has guest-lectured at Bath Spa University. She’s a keen quilter with 5 projects in progress at any one time and another 12 or so planned. Specialist skills include hand modelling for YouTube craft tutorials and fabric foraging (she has an inbuilt radar for local haberdasheries and community craft gatherings).

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