Free plastic canvas patterns
160 printable plastic canvas charts for coasters, magnets, ornaments and wall hangings, each about 4.3 inches square on 7-count canvas. Open any pattern to change the colours and print it with the yarn you need.
Cute and kawaii
All 27 cute patterns →
Animals
All 40 animal patterns →
Christmas
All 28 Christmas patterns →
Halloween
All 12 Halloween patterns →
Flowers and plants
All 15 flower patterns →
Hearts and love
All 12 heart patterns →
Rainbows, stars and space
All 12 rainbow and space patterns →
How to stitch these patterns
- Cut the canvas 30 × 30 holes. Count the holes, not the bars, and trim the nubs off the edge.
- Stitch each square as one continental stitch: up at the lower left hole, down at the upper right hole.
- Fill or cut the background. Stitch the bare squares in a background colour for a square coaster, or cut around the design for a shaped ornament or magnet.
- Overcast the edges with one stitch in each edge hole and three in each corner hole.
What to make with them
- Coasters: stitch four designs from one theme, fill the backgrounds in the same colour and glue felt to the back.
- Ornaments: cut around the design, overcast the edge and add a yarn loop for hanging. Make them smaller in the maker for a tree.
- Magnets and keychains: glue a magnet to the back, or add a jump ring through a corner hole.
- Tissue box covers and boxes: stitch a design on each side and whipstitch the sides together.
Make a pattern from your own picture with the plastic canvas pattern maker, or spell out names with plastic canvas letters. The same designs are also free cross stitch patterns and Perler bead patterns.
Artwork based on Fluent Emoji by Microsoft (MIT licence).
Questions
Are these plastic canvas patterns free?
Yes. All 160 patterns are free, and each opens in the plastic canvas pattern maker for a free printable PDF with the yarn colours, yards and canvas size.
What size are the patterns?
Each design is 29 stitches across, cut from a piece 30 × 30 holes: about 4.3 inches square on 7-count canvas. That is coaster size. Open one in the maker to make it bigger or smaller.
What canvas and yarn do I need?
7-count plastic canvas, worsted weight yarn and a blunt tapestry needle. Each pattern lists the yards of yarn for every colour, and the edges take about 3 yards more.
Which patterns are easiest for beginners?
Hearts, fruit and simple faces have large areas of one colour, so they are the quickest. Every pattern uses only continental stitch plus overcasting round the edge.
Can I make my own plastic canvas pattern?
Yes. Upload any photo or drawing to the plastic canvas pattern maker and it becomes a chart in yarn colours, with the holes to cut and the yarn to buy.