Hello, friends! Today I’m super excited to share brand new Raspberry Summer Pattern Cross-Stitch designs by my dear friend Katie Nolan. Over the past couple of years, it’s been fun to collaborate with Katie who designs delightful cross-stitch projects to go along with our fabric collections and my patterns. We know many quilters love to also work on counted cross-stitch, and Katie’s designs are the perfect way to add some hand-stitched pieces to your collection. These patterns are perfect for small gifts or for incorporating with the actual patterns and fabrics (Raspberry Summer fabrics will arrive in shops in February 2025).
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Raspberry Summer Pattern Cross-Stitch Designs
Here are a few notes from Katie about her designs: “All of the designs are stitched on 28 Count Lugana by Zweitgart over two threads. This is my favorite color to use when I collaborate with you because I feel like it matches your background fabric best! All of the designs are stitched with 2 strands of DMC floss, picked carefully to match the Raspberry Summer colors.” Katie has a bundle price if you are interested in all five of her designs (paper or PDF) or keep reading for links to purchase her designs individually.
Also, passages in quotation marks below are notes from Katie about her projects! And finally, I also shared a picture of each original quilt with a link to details on that project if you haven’t seen the inspiration quilts yet.
Harbor
“Harbor was so fun to stitch! It’s big, but stitching all the different types of “blocks” keeps it interesting, and all the colors look so great together!” Find the frame Katie used for Harbor here.
Dresdens
“Dresdens turned out to be my favorite!! It was also the most challenging to design because the shapes are more irregular. The colors worked so well together and I love how it looks in the frame. I’ve actually used this type of frame for another project and I really like it. Oh… I think it would also be super cute if you just stitched one of the dresdens for a mini version!” Find the frame Katie used for Dresdens here.
I Heart Flowers
“The I Heart Flowers design is so cute, and I kept it very close to your quilt pattern, the bold blue and red chain between the blocks is striking!” Find the frame Katie used for this design here.
Star Bright 2
“For Star Bright, I choose to do a bold border, showcasing the special blue from Raspberry Summer. I got a plain wooden frame from Amazon and then painted it with a color I mixed to match the blue. I love how it turned out once framed.”
Fireflies
“Fireflies has both a regular and mini chart. The regular has 9 “blocks” and the mini has four blocks. I stitched the mini version and finished it as a little pillow; it could be used as a pincushion as well. “
More Cross-Stitch Designs with A Quilting Life Patterns
- The Laguna Sunrise collection Cross-Stitch designs
- Coastal Summer Cross Stitch
- Home for Christmas Cross Stitch
- Montage Cross Stitch
- Bountiful Blooms collection cross-stitch designs
Thanks so much for stopping by for today’s Raspberry Summer Pattern Cross-Stitch Designs post. I hope you enjoyed this mini trunk show of delightful projects that coordinate with my most recent collection patterns. Do you have a favorite? I might have to pick Dresdens and Harbor as my favorites! But I love them all 🙂
Happy quilting!
Helen L says
oh my! Her patterns just keep getting prettier and prettier!!! She did a great job designing the cross stitch to complement your quilt designs!!