Patterns

A mini Hong Kong flag map with the bauhinia flower at its centre. One for Hong Kongers abroad and for travellers who've watched the skyline from the Star Ferry, climbed to the Peak, or eaten their way through Mong Kok. Part of our Tiny...

Twelve mini flag map cross stitch patterns covering South America as a complete set, with Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela all together. Quick finishes, small enough to stitch in an evening, and a starter collection for...

Stitch the Greek mainland and islands in tiny cross stitch, the country shape filled with the bright blue and white stripes of the Greek flag and the small cross in the upper hoist. A small finish for stitchers planning Athens, Santorini, or Crete trips,...

Australia in tiny cross stitch, the country outline filled with the blue, red, and white of the national flag, the Union Jack tucked into the upper hoist and the stars stitched across the field. A small finish that suits anyone with a connection to...

Eighteen mini flag map cross stitch patterns covering the Mediterranean and Southern Europe as a complete set. Quick finishes, small enough to stitch in an evening, and a starter collection for travel keepsakes, heritage gifts, or a "countries I love" wall in mini hoops...

Four small backstitch alphabets in one cross stitch download: Mini, Tiny, Simple and Small at 1, 2, 4 and 5 stitches high. Use them for names, dates, initials and short words on your cross stitch projects. All four alphabets use backstitch only, with no...

Four funny cross stitch patterns for the stitcher who has stopped apologising. A WIP pile that has surprisingly produced its own WIP pile, a floss monster you'll recognise, a mind that left the meeting some hours ago, and the two supplies keeping you company....

Niger cross stitch pattern, the flag's three bands laid across a wide country shape: orange along the top, white through the middle with the sun disc, green along the southern edge. The country name is stitched into the white. Four shades and 680 stitches,...

Togo cross stitch pattern, a long narrow strip of a country running inland from the Atlantic, with the flag's green and yellow stripes stacked down its length and the red panel and white star set into the upper section. Five shades and 332 stitches,...

Congo cross stitch pattern, the Republic of the Congo, often called Congo-Brazzaville. The country curves like a hook and the diagonal tricolour follows that curve, green through the western bulge, yellow along the middle, red running up the eastern arm to the northern tip....

Guinea cross stitch pattern, known as Guinea-Conakry to distinguish it from its neighbours, with the red, yellow and green of the flag running as three vertical bands across a country wider than it is tall. The name is stitched into the yellow. Four shades...

Benin cross stitch pattern, a tall narrow country with the green band of the flag running the full height on the left, yellow above and red below on the right. The country name sits in backstitch in the yellow. Four shades and just over...

Gambia cross stitch pattern, a long horizontal ribbon of a country following the river that gave it its name, with the red, blue and green flag bands running its length. The country name sits in backstitch below. Five shades and 231 stitches, but the...

Sierra Leone cross stitch pattern, three horizontal bands of green, white and blue filling a country shape that rounds off almost to a circle, with the Atlantic coast cutting across the bottom. The country name is stitched into the white. Four shades and just...

Mali cross stitch pattern, three vertical bands filling a broad squared-off country shape: green, yellow and red running left to right, the pan-African colours Mali took at independence in 1960. The country name is stitched into the yellow. Four shades and just over a...

Gabon cross stitch pattern, three broad bands filling the country shape: green across the north, yellow through the middle for the equator that runs right across it, blue along the Atlantic coast below. The country name sits in backstitch on the yellow. Four shades...

Liberia cross stitch pattern, eleven red and white stripes with a single white star on deep blue, filling a country shape that steps down the West African coast. The flag is modelled on the Stars and Stripes, one star for one country where the...

Eswatini cross stitch pattern, known as Swaziland until 2018 and still called that by plenty of people. The country outline is banded in blue, yellow and crimson, with the black and white Nguni shield and its two spears laid across the centre. Five shades...

Lesotho cross stitch pattern, a rough diamond of a country shape banded in blue, white and green, with the black mokorotlo, the Basotho conical hat, at the centre. The country name is stitched in white across the blue. Four shades and just over eleven...

Bhutan cross stitch pattern, the country's wide shape split on the diagonal: saffron yellow above, orange-red below, with the white band running between them where the dragon sits on the flag. The country name is stitched into the red at the eastern end. Four...

Kiribati cross stitch pattern, the flag stretched along a diagonal chain of atolls: red and gold across the upper islands, blue and white through the lower ones, with a scatter of single-stitch islands below. Thirty-three islands, most of them barely above the waterline. Five...

Solomon Islands cross stitch pattern, close to a thousand islands scattered on a diagonal across the Pacific, charted as a double chain of shapes in blue, yellow and green with the country name alongside. No single outline, because the country doesn't have one. Four...

Mozambique cross stitch pattern, five colours worked into a tall narrow shape: green across the north, white and black bands below it, the broad red panel carrying its yellow star, and yellow at the southern tip. The country name runs in backstitch along the...