Decorating with Cross Stitch: Halloween

Cherry Hill Stitchery
Jun 18
3 min read

Updated: Jun 22

I've been working on new Halloween counted cross stitch patterns for the last little while, so it felt like the perfect time to share how I styled Halloween FFOs in my office last year! If you're looking for Halloween cross stitch display ideas, hopefully this post will have some practical tips that will be helpful! Here it is:

Still working through the videos that were filmed for Instagram initially, so they are vertical :P. Learning to to film everything twice so we have a vertical AND horizontal clip! Thanks for your patience :).

Tips and Tricks:

Start with the End in Mind

To create a cohesive Halloween display, I stuck with traditional Halloween colors that work with my other pieces - black, orange, green, and purple - and the same gray evenweave as the cloth for each cross stitch design. This consistent background and color palette helped everything tie together visually when the stitching was done..

Halloween counted cross stitch pattern with a witch. There is a spooky green border with purple candles and orange stars. The witch is flying in front of a full moon, and she is surrounded by bats. The text is stitched with a spooky font that says "Welcome, My Pretties". The x stitch pattern is stitched with green, orange, black, and purple embroidery thread. The cross stitch finish is displayed on a gray evenweave cloth and has a black fabric frame. It is surrounded in purple flowers, pumpkin picks, eucalyptus, LED candles, and a witch ceramic piece.

Match Greenery to the Thread

Before I started stitching the Halloween charts for this display, I picked green floss that would blend with the eucalyptus sprigs I use in my Halloween decor.
Why? Because I don't like my floss and plants to clash. I know it sounds extra, but hear me out: When a design uses a lot of green and it is displayed next to greenery in a shade that doesn't play nice, it can be visually jarring. It's so much easier to change the floss before you start stitching than it is to to go plant hunting after the project is done. Is this crazy? Probably. Am I still going to match my thread to my fake plants? Absolutely.

About Those Halloween Display Supplies...

Here's a breakdown of what I used to pull it all together, and why:

Display riser: I repurposed a small riser that was originally made for craft shows to elevate my pieces. Having everything on different levels adds some dimension and creates opportunities to layer. Risers work great for this! I covered the riser with the same Halloween fabric used in my cross stitch finishes to keep the look unified.
Floral foam, wire, and adhesive dots: These are my secret ingredients for keeping everything secure, epecially the greenery and the bows. Just add them where you need them. There really isn't a rhyme or reason to it. If something doesn't want to stay put, use an adhesive dot, or tie it onto something with floral wire, or shove it in a piece of floral foam. Make everything work for you.
Decorative ceramic pieces: These heavier accents help anchor the display and add personality. Yes, those are salt and pepper shakers you saw in the video. Judge me. ;) They're cute!
Galvanized metal containers: Since my stitching is on gray fabric, I used gray-toned metal vases to carry that color throughout the display.
Seasonal fillers: I used LED candles, pumpkin picks, faux black spiders, and a deconstructed purple floral spray. I also used one jumbo roll of 2" wire-edge ribbon in Halloween colors to make poofy bows that filled in visual gaps.

Halloween counted cross stitch patterns used in this display:

The bigger chart is "Welcome, My Pretties," which is a witchy cross stitch design that comes as a printed pattern.

Halloween counted cross stitch pattern cover. The witchy cross stitch design is called "Welcome, My Pretties" and was designed by Cherry Hill Stitchery® . There is a witch silhouette in front of a full moon, surrounded by bats. There is a spooky green border with whimsical purple candles and orange stars. The design is stitched in green, purple, orange, and black. The stitched model has text "Welcome, My Pretties" on gray cross stitch cloth.

The smaller chart is "Something Wicked," which is also a witchy cross stitch design that comes as a printed pattern.

Halloween counted cross stitch pattern cover. The witchy cross stitch design is called "Something Wicked" and was designed by Cherry Hill Stitchery®. There is a witch hat and broom, flying bats, and orange stars. The design is stitched in green, purple, orange, and black embroidery floss. The stitched model has text "Something Wicked This Way Comes" stitched with a modern, spooky font on gray cross stitch cloth.

You can find "Something Wicked" here and "Welcome, My Pretties" here.

Are you a spooky stitcher? Cherry Hill Stitchery® carries several other Halloween cross stitch patterns or kits, and you can find them all, here.