For a New Arrival

Baby Cross Stitch Patterns

Modern nursery keepsakes to download and stitch, including a free baby teddy chart to get you started. Each one is designed as a clean blend of blackwork and cross stitch, so it still looks right as your little one grows.

Free Teddy Welcome Baby Sampler Rocking Horse
Designed to Grow Up Well

Baby cross stitch motifs that grow up well

Nursery motifs are timeless: teddies, rocking horses, ABCs, and simple borders. But the best keepsakes do not feel "babyish" forever. That is why I design these charts with a clean, modern blend of blackwork and cross stitch: classic shapes, sharper lines, and a finish that still looks right as your little one grows.

Start with the free baby teddy below, then stitch the Welcome Baby Sampler as a personalised heirloom, or choose the Rocking Horse for a satisfying weekend project. Shown with DMC colour suggestions, so you can swap to pink, lilac, or a nursery palette of your own.

Free Baby Teddy Cross Stitch Pattern

Free Instant PDF download

New to baby cross stitch patterns? Start here. This little teddy is a free printable chart, perfect for a card, a bib, or a first nursery keepsake. It is whole cross stitch with a simple backstitch outline, in five DMC colours you can swap for any nursery palette, so it suits a newborn boy, a newborn girl, or a new baby on the way.

Stitch count: 32 x 29

Finished size: 2.29 x 2.07 in on 14 count (5.8 x 5.3 cm)

Licence: Free for personal use

Free baby teddy cross stitch pattern, stitched and framed Download the free chart (PDF)
Start here: stitch the teddy first, then the Welcome Baby Sampler and Rocking Horse below are ready to download too.

Welcome Baby Sampler Confident Beginner

£4.00 Instant PDF download

A clean, modern Welcome Baby sampler with a crisp blackwork-style border and classic cross stitch for a timeless nursery finish. Designed for confident beginners and simple to personalise with the included alphabet, so you can add a name and date and swap the colour to match any nursery theme.

Stitch count: 101 x 186

Finished size: 7.21 x 13.29 in on 14 count (18.3 x 33.7 cm)

You get: printable symbol chart and legend, alphabet for name and date, printing tips. Personal use only.

Welcome Baby cross stitch sampler, framed with a mat in a nursery Add to Cart Price excludes UK/EU VAT (added at checkout)
Why stitchers love it: a frame-worthy heirloom you personalise with the baby's name and birth date.

Rocking Horse Confident Beginner

£2.50 Instant PDF download

A beginner-friendly mini that mixes crisp blackwork linework with cross stitch details on the saddle and bridle. It includes colour-coded guidelines to help you stitch it reversibly, for a neat finish on both sides. Choose your own palette, shown here in a classic blue and gold. A satisfying weekend gift.

Stitch count: 54 x 53

Finished size: 3.86 x 3.79 in on 14 count (9.8 x 9.6 cm)

You get: colour-coded chart, full instructions, stitch diagrams. Personal use only.

Rocking Horse cross stitch pattern in blue and gold Add to Cart Price excludes UK/EU VAT (added at checkout)
Quick gift: large symbols and no specialty stitches make this a 1 to 2 day finish.
Choose Your Project

Which fits your deadline?

Pick the project that matches your time and the keepsake you want to give.

Quick Gift: Rocking Horse

Weekend-friendly with large symbols, no specialty stitches, instant PDF download.

See the Rocking Horse →

Keepsake: Welcome Baby Sampler

An alphabet for name and date, an heirloom-style finish, print-friendly charts.

See the Sampler →
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More to Stitch

Before You Start Stitching

Whether you are stitching a gift for a new arrival or a keepsake to frame, these baby cross stitch patterns are designed to be a joy to make and to last for years.

New to Cross Stitch?

My step-by-step beginner guide covers reading a chart and working the stitch, so the teddy is a confident first finish.

Learn to Cross Stitch

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