Free Heart Cross Stitch Patterns

Choosing and finishing your heart pattern

A heart can be a quick shape study or the center of a larger gift. Linked outlines leave plenty of open cloth, the patchwork heart combines several small fills, and the Nordic heart uses cream leaves and a teal flower inside a red silhouette. Heart in Hands has more shaped edges to follow. Choose by the amount of filling and detail you want, not just the overall width.

The tip and central notch define the silhouette. Keep those cells clear when substituting colors or combining motifs in the editor. For striped and patchwork fills, compare neighboring colors in value as well as hue so the sections remain distinct. Fourteen-count Aida gives a larger finish; eighteen-count makes the same chart smaller. The fabric calculator uses the counted size to help you choose a card, frame or backing.

Below the new designs, the wider collection includes heart bookmarks, a garden heart and keepsakes for weddings, births and seasonal gifts. These are existing charts with hearts visibly stitched into them. A small heart works well on a pouch or flat ornament; a larger sampler needs more mounting room. Allow cloth beyond the stitched bounds for seams, and keep the point of the heart away from a folded edge.

Calculate your fabric size or open a heart chart in the editor. Read the CC0 free-use scope.