What do cacti and embroideries have in common? Needles, but that’s not all. These patterns of cactus embroidery are a stronger connection between the two. One of the best things about growing a cactus is that it’s simple to take care of, but you will find that caring for embroidered succulents of all kinds is still accessible.
In the list below, you will find patterns for saguaro cacti, potted prickly pears, and blooming barrel cactus. Just as essential as the patterns themselves are the many ways you will be inspired to stitch desert-loving plants. So now choose a cactus pattern to start with, grab your needles, and start stitching and growing your own cacti family.
Learn To Embroider These Potted Cacti
Embroidery artist Trish Burr has various distilled patterns of needle painting, but before you get a high level of embroidery, you need to begin with the basics fundamentals. In her “how to do surface embroidery” guide download, she shows you the complete process, and you also get practice on these cute cactus patterns. Also, she has another tutorial that includes a cactus pattern in which you can easily learn the techniques of whitework.
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Hand Embroider Some Colorful Cacti
Add some attractive color and playfulness to your embroidery with this fun cactus pattern. The artist, Jodie from Lova Handmade, has delightful designs that are simple to stitch. The decorative elements around and on the potted cacti make this a sweet pattern you will love making.
Stitch a Maintenance-Free Cactus
Just as there are various unique cacti, and each one is different, there are various variations on how to embroider these tricky plants. This delectable pattern uses green shades and satin stitches to show the ridges in the cactus, which mirrors the carton that the cactus is growing in. To get this free design, you will need to subscribe to sews newsletter, but that also gives you access to various free patterns.
Create an Outlined Caucus in Full Desert Boom
DMC, the creators of arguably the most regularly-used embroidery floss, has a large collection of free patterns, including this delightful cactus. The main body part of the cactus is striking when stitched in white and black with pops of color on the flowers. Just be sure to search for some other cactus patterns on the DMC website as well.
Filla Hoop with Embroidery Cacti
If you like stitching but wish to avoid transferring the pattern, try this pre-printed fabric. Your complete hoop will be filled with lovable cactus designs in a mix of shapes, sizes, and colors.
Stitch a Familiar Lyric
Did this free and easy cactus embroidery pattern cause you to start humming a song or dancing a bit immediately? It’s desirable that the song’s lyrics will be stuck in your head as you start to stitch, but you have to accept that it’s true. You can’t touch these delightfully prickly plants.
Embroider Teeny Tiny Cacti
Stitching at a very tiny size, like our tiny flower embroidery tutorial, uses only a few stitches to make the right effect. Amiee ray from “Little Dear” has detailed instructions for stitching these tiny succulents. They are not completely cacti, but a few are very similar, and also they would be great details to add some other patterns to the list.
Watch And Learn To Start Stitching Three Cactus Designs
If you love learning by watching video tutorials, you will love this cactus embroidery tutorial guide on YouTube. Also, you will learn how to stitch this project, which is useful for a few of the more complex stitches like the padded satin stitch, long bullion knots, and more. The free cactus pattern is available on the designer’s Pinterest page, but the shapes are easy enough to sketch something similar.
Make An Embroidered Cactus Patch
All these tiny cacti want is a hug. This elegant kit comes with pre-printed fabric and all the threads you want to embroider a patch. You need to know two basic stitches, so it is the best pattern for beginners.
Practice New Stitches on a Cactus Design
If you want to learn new stitches as you make a cactus embroidery pattern, then go to Sarah’s hand embroidery tutorial page and check out the “3 stitches at a time” series that offers you the best opportunity to practice stitches in a fun cactus design. This one features a chain stitch, triple Palestrina stitch, and chevron stitch.
Make Some Adorable Cactus Faces
You don’t generally think of a cactus as sweet, but this three-pattern set proves that the prickliest of plants can be captivating. Every cactus design features a cute smiling face that you will fall in love with – and the colors of pastels only add to the cuteness.
Give These Succulent Patterns Some Love
If you love cacti and succulents, then you will surely love these hearts filled with unique succulents. They are like a love letter to your favorite plants. Once you download this free pattern, you can check the global backyards embroidery kit for stitching a tiny cactus in a tomato can.
Stitch a Cactus Trio
Simple lines and great details make this trio of cacti an amazing pattern for beginners. Also, it gives you the opportunity to practice various basic embroidery stitches while leaving room for creativity.
Get Stuck On These Kawaii Cacti
Stitch a few happy cacti with this free and easy pattern collection from author Mollie Johnson at wild olive. Along with these and the pattern design in the set, the same post has a link to a matching set of printable stitching cards so that your kids can also stitch along.
Paint Pastel Cacti with Thread
Aren’t these pastel rainbow cacti lovely? They completely look like they were done in watercolors, which makes sense since they use the needle painting technique. If you have ever needed to try needle painting, this looks like a perfect way to practice blending colors.
Stitch a Happy Cactus
Meet Jolene the cactus. This easy and free paper is simple but looks super cute. The PDF includes different pattern sizes, a reversed version for various types of pattern transfer, and an ultimate guide for suggested stitches.
Add a Decorative Flair to A Cactus or Two
This simple pattern set from slow evening’s embroidery includes two unique cactus patterns that look simple at first glimpse, but once you look beyond the design outlines, you see that a tiny abstract pattern in the background makes this complete design more special. They are the difference between an art piece and basic embroidery.
Make Mini Embroidery Cacti
If you ever saw teeny small embroidery hoops used for making a necklace and thought what you had stitched in them, here is your answer. These free mini patterns of cactus, originally announced in Mollie makes, are perfect for framing in even the smallest hoops.
Show Someone You Care With Cactus Embroidery
This most elegant Valentine’s Day cactus pattern is an iron-transfer pattern, so getting it prepared to stitch is a breeze. And if you wish to stitch it as a cactus design, you can use it all year. The pattern only has to have the phrase “valentine” removed before being ironed to the fabric.
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Final Verdict
These embroidery cactus patterns are suitable for all skill levels – an easy for a beginner or learner (basic knowledge of embroidery stitches is optimal), and a more intermediate or experienced stitcher could easily make it their own. So choose any of the patterns you like and start making them with the help of tutorials and guides.
