sassysews2

my 90 yo grandma is looking for a stamped cross stitch Christmas tree skirt. Her hands and vision won't allow her to do counted cross stitch. She's on a limited income so she can't afford the expensive ones I've found on line. I can make the skirt, stamp it for her and quilt it, if we can find a iron on pattern. Of course, a few have sold out, especially those I found on Pinterest but the stamped ones are extremely hard to find. Googled it with no positive results. I've tried Herschel's, Dimensions, and Aunt Martha's with no luck. If anyone knows a web site or source, I and she would appreciate it. Thanks, and happy New Year to all.

Crqltr

Check Mary Maxim website. It's a huge craft store in Port Huron Mi. I haven't been there in a long time but they used to have a large selection.

quilting cat

Realize that the designs you stamp don't have to be specifically for a tree skirt -- any Christmas designs will work, or you might have to go with red flowers. Good luck finding something.

sassysews2

So far I haven't found any iron on cross stitch Christmas patterns at all, even with Christmas flowers. Tried the above sites listed & didn't find any Christmas iron on cross stitch patterns at all. Was surprised Aunt Martha's web site didn't have any and Hershels only had pre-stamped stockings.

Just tried Mary Maxim, nothing but stamped tablecloths, looked to see if I could modify a table cloth into a circle for skirt but nothing there that wouldn't distort the cross stitch pattern. Thanks, anyway. still trying

yngldy

Google "cross stitch Christmas patterns" and a lot come up. I'm sure there are free patterns on the net. Years ago you could print a pattern and iron the pattern onto fabric with an iron and the ink from the paper. Don't know if it still works, but with all the inventions lately, there should be a paper that you can print on and then iron on. Hope you find something to work!

Prism99

Not sure if these would be too expensive, but I found these stamped cross stitch tree skirts on eBay (ordered from least expensive up):
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from...stitch&_sop=15

Edit: Searching for iron-on transfer patterns for Christmas, I found the following:
http://www.123stitch.com/cgi-perl/abcSearch/search.cgi

Note: The link goes only to the website. Then you need to go into "Cross Stitch Subjects" at top and then search within that category for "Christmas" and/or "Stamped". There may be other ways to search that website for the types of patterns you are looking for.

Edit 2: Try searching the entire website for "stamped cross stitch Christmas".

Prism99

Aw, nuts. I think all of those stamped transfer patterns are not for cross stitch.

I did find this book on Amazon that seems to contain Christmas cross stitch iron-on transfers, and it's fairly inexpensive from 3rd party sellers:
http://www.amazon.com/Christmas-Tran.../dp/B002JF01TE

The same book is on Etsy here:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1574285...oss-stitch-for

And I found some vintage Christmas cross stitch transfers on eBay:
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw...+-kit&_sacat=0

mommaB

Try Herrschners.com. They have a several stamped cross stitch items you could adapt into a skirt, or already a skirt under $50, some under $40, my quick look even found one under $30. Good luck and God bless your grandma for keeping busy!

QuiltnLady1

I would look at children's coloring books for patterns that you like, print them out and buy a transfer pencil http://smile.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_...ci%2Caps%2C230 out line the design you like and iron it onto the WASHED fabric of your choice. I have used the transfer pencils and they work well.

zennia

how about something like this

http://www.123stitch.com/item/Jack-D...pper/JD-550642