Free Patterns: Original & Fan Art Cross Stitch Designs

Original Patterns | FanArt Designs | Sprite Conversions

I’ve been designing, selling, and sharing cross stitch patterns for yearsssss and have amassed quite a few free patterns over that time. I’ve attempted to collect them all here to make it easier for you to find. There are some that I no longer offer due to a variety of reasons. But feel free to reach out if you feel I’ve forgotten to list one here! I probably still have it on hand somewhere…

No really, they’re FREE

These free cross stitch patterns can mostly all be found on my Ko-fi page. Ko-Fi allows you to name your price, though! So if you’d like to send a little tip my way for the work I’ve done, feel free! I really appreciate it!

But they’re free for a reason. I want cross stitch to be accessible to beginners, and those who can’t afford a lot of patterns. Offering free patterns that people want to stitch is part of that goal! And that’s also the reason all my articles and tutorials are free on this website! No paywall here! (Tho Patreon does get early looks at articles!)

I greatly appreciate any tips provided through Ko-Fi’s pay-what-you-want. But if all you can afford is $1. Please keep it! After PayPal’s cut I get maybe $0.40 of that anyway. I’d prefer you simply enjoy the pattern and share it with others!

Where else to find my free patterns, and what you can do with them

Some were free on Patreon. Or were free as part of an article here on the website. So click an image to be taken to the location of the pattern! You can also follow my Patreon page to be notified when there’s a new public (aka free) post, so you don’t miss any new ones!

Especially since I sometimes forget to add them to this page for a few months, lol. Either way, I hope you enjoy these patterns! Let me know if you have any questions!

You are welcome to sell finished cross stitch pieces using these designs, but please don’t sell the patterns themselves. Please do share them with friends and it’s okay to alter them or use different colors than the ones suggested as well!

A Note for Mobile Browsers

The galleries below are divided into three columns. But on mobile, it may only show one column at a time. As such, they’re divided a bit oddly. You might prefer switching over to ‘Desktop layout’ on mobile for this page. But it’s up to you!

The larger this list gets, the harder it is to navigate. So I’ve split up the galleries into three sections for easier browsing.

Original Patterns | FanArt Designs | Sprite Conversions

Original Free Patterns

These are patterns I’ve designed from scratch. Sometimes to fit a holiday or theme such as the Pride, Halloween, and Christmas designs. Other times I’ve designed patterns for use in finishing tutorials or challenges for an article on this website. Either way, they’re completely original!

There’s not as many here now, but this is where I’ll be focusing more going forward.

Fan Art

This category is for cross stitch patterns that I’ve designed, but are based on something someone else made. Usually a video game, but sometimes books or shows. They’re not taken directly from their medium, but required designing new art inspired by that thing!

This is also where I’ve done some collaborations, such as the two World of Warcraft designs based on Frenone’s original art.

Sprite Conversions

This last category is where I started learning to make patterns. These are based on sprites taken directly from a video game and just put on a grid for you to stitch. I don’t do these often anymore, as I prefer to draw new designs rather than using existing pixel art. But I still offer them as free patterns for those who don’t want to have to pick out thread colors themselves!

None of these were color picked using a program. They were of course imported into PCStitch to put on a grid and to export into a readable pattern for you to use. But thread colors were picked out entirely by hand and tested!

There’s only a few I haven’t personally tested. But even some of the ones I don’t have photos for were stitched by me at some point. I just may no longer have the finished stitch to take photos of, as some of these are really old.

Stardew Valley and UNDERTALE Sprites

I wrote the official Stardew Valley Cross Stitch Guide and UNDERTALE Cross Stitch Book!. Both of these are only available on Fangamer and include a huge amount of sprites from both games! Why am I bringing them up on a free patterns page? Because both have Free Previews on their store page that have a bunch of patterns to get you started! As well several instructional pages. They’re definitely worth a look if you want more free patterns from these two games!