Category: USA’S 250TH BIRTHDAY

So far, so good. Today is the last day of January and I have completed stitching my first patriotic cross stitch pattern, just in the nick of time! As you may know, I have resolved to complete at least one patriotic cross stitch pattern per month in 2026 to celebrate America’s 250th Birthday. For my first pattern, I chose the one below by Lindsey M. Weight of Primrose Cottage Stitches. It is a simple pattern with 250 stars in the shape of our flag, one for each year.

Below is my stitched piece. It had a lot of stitches, 2,750, to be exact (not counting my initials and the year). I haven’t quite decided how I want to finish it, though. Should I make it into a pillow, or frame it, or do something else?

Another one of my patriotic resolutions is to learn more about our Constitution and Bill of Rights. Hillsdale College offers a complimentary copy of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. I requested a copy earlier today, and you can follow this link if you’d like to request a copy of your own.

Hillsdale College also offers many free online courses related to US History. I am planning to take their course, “Colonial America: From Wilderness to Civilization.” It has 6 video lessons and takes about 3.5 hours total. I can trace some of my ancestors to early Colonial America, so this course really interests me. Some of my early Dutch ancestors were even here when New York was still New Amsterdam!

I can’t believe that January is over already! President’s Day is on February 16th, so, as part of my resolution to commemorate all patriotic holidays, and to honor our first President, I will be stitching the silhouette of George Washington from the Prairie Schooler Book No. 155, Stars and Stripes. It has a lot fewer stitches than my January pattern, so I should be able to fully finish that one after I finish stitching George. I love that it has little cherries on it as a nod to the story about George chopping down the cherry tree.

Well, we are only one month into the New Year, but I am happy that I have made a good start on my Patriotic Resolutions.

As you may have seen in yesterday’s post, I have resolved to complete at least one patriotic cross stitch pattern per month in 2026 to celebrate America’s 250th Birthday. Lindsey M. Weight of Primrose Cottage Stitches is one of my favorite designers and she has quite a few patriotic cross stitch patterns and kits available. I will be doing several of them this year, including the one below:

The Prairie Schooler is a company that operated for about 33 years before they closed up shop. Their website is still up for informational purposes only and you can see their entire library of patterns. Though they are no longer taking orders, you can often still find their patterns at various retail shops, or on sites like Ebay and Etsy. Since I am committing to doing 12 projects this year, and my full-time job takes up a good chunk of my time, I am trying to keep them on the smaller side. The Prairie Schooler used to give out free mini-cards which had a small pattern related to the books that they were promoting, some of which were patriotic themed. Here are a couple of them below:

We have chickens at HootOwl Homestead, so what could be better that combining chickens and patriotism? Paulette Stewart of Plum Street Samplers is also one of my favorite designers and she has designed an adorable pattern called Hen Peck. This is definitely on the list for this year!

And how could I pass up a company with an owl in their name? I recently bought the pattern below that was made especially for America’s birthday this year. It was designed by Helga Magro of Owl Stitching House, and if you are interested, you can visit her Etsy store <a href="http://

There are so many amazing cross stitch pattern designers, it’s going to make it so hard to choose which patterns to do. I already buy patterns like I’m immortal! I have already started the one by Primrose Cottage Stitches, though I am not doing them only one star at a time!