How to make a wooden cross stitch pendant

No need to confine your stitching to hoops and frames alone – try something new with these striking wooden pendants! Stitch either a jaunty bluebird, bursting magnificently from a yellow background, or two classically elegant pink and yellow roses.

Designed by Lucie Heaton, these wooden cross stitch pendant charts were originally printed in Cross Stitch Crazy issue 226. Stitch them on to a wooden perforated heart pendant, then thread with ribbon, cord or twine to create your own me-made wooden cross stitch pendant!

To stitch this wooden cross stitch pendant, you’ll need:

• Threads – Stranded cotton as listed in the key (on the PDF)
• Needle – Size 24 tapestry needle
• Pendants – one or two wooden perforated heart-shaped pendants – you can get these with a print copy of issue 263 of Cross Stitch Crazy magazine in Morrisons UK stores from 21st November 2019 to 18th December 2019. Can’t find a copy of Cross Stitch Crazy? You can also find wooden heart pendants here on Etsy.
• Extras – One or two lengths of pink ribbon (to hang)

Download the free wooden cross stitch pendant pattern here

Free wooden cross stitch pendant pattern

Looking for more ideas for different ways to finish your cross stitch? Try our tutorial for making cross stitch advent Christmas stockings! Or browse more modern cross stitch patterns to try.

Lucie Heaton

Lucie is a freelance designer with over 25 years-experience in creating cross stitch patterns for magazines, books and needlecraft companies in the UK and around the world. Her work has been featured in Cross Stitch Gold, The World of Cross Stitching, Cross Stitcher, Just Cross Stitch and Cross Stitch Crazy. She enjoys creating designs that bring pleasure to all who stitch them and loves to see stitchers bring her patterns to life. She loves walking in the countryside and studying nature to relax, which is often where she finds inspiration. Her favourite things to cross stitch are personalised gifts: “my most recent project was stitching my beautiful new granddaughter’s name with a sweet little bird onto a sleep-suit for her.”

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