National Parks Cross Stitch

For Christmas I got Stitching Across America: 63 Teeny Weeny Cross Stitch Patterns Celebrating U.S. National Parks by Lior Zochovizky as a gift.  I enjoy doing small cross stitch or needlepoint projects from the places I have visited, and now I'll have several small projects to work on for each of the National Parks I have visited.

I chose to do Mammoth Cave as the first project.  Mainly because I had all of the floss needed!

Ocean City Boardwalk Cross Stitch

For our 40th Wedding Anniversary, my husband and I spent a long weekend at Ocean City Md.  Ocean City was special to us since its where we spent our Honeymoon. I stopped by the Salty Yarn Needlework store and picked up this cute cross stitch pattern by Greeneframe Ltd.  I changed the wording to match our special weekend!

St. Louis Cathedral New Orleans

When we were in New Orleans in 2023, I stopped at The Quarter Stitch needlework store and picked up a cross stitch chart of the St. Louis Cathedral.   I have found that I like doing small pieces of the places we have traveled to.  Like with the Lighthouses cross stitch, this piece will be added to my scrapbook of the trip.  

Cross Stitch Lighthouses

When my husband and travel, I always like to pick up something that reminds me of the places we have been,  I usually get something like a t-shirt or sweatshirt, post cards or a key chain.  But when we were at the Cape Henry Lighthouses, they had a cross stitch kit.  So of course, I got it.  I started and finished this piece in January 2025. I think that instead of framing this piece, I'll add it to my scrapbook of this trip.