Pride Patch Patterns: March 2023

Text reading "pride patch patterns" against a grey grid background. The words pride and pattern are written in a black handdrawn/script font and outlined with white. The word patch is drawn pixel-style like a cross stitch pattern and filled in with the green/light green/white/grey/black stripes of the aromantic flag.

As I post weekly pride patch patterns on Patreon, here’s a monthly round-up for non-subscribers!

Arovoid cross stitch patch pattern with the text arovoid in upper-case block lettering, striped in the colours of the black/green/light green/grey/black arovoid flag, with a light grey-green background. Pattern is set on a light grey grid. Letters are outlined, indicating backstitch, in darker green.

Folks who need help with materials, stitching, finishing or attaching patches should check out my tutorial master page.

Previous patterns are available at my pattern gallery.

Notes on Pattern Structure

Full coloured blocks indicate a full cross stitch. Letter outlines indicate backstitch.

Blocks divided on the diagonal by a line of backstitch, each half a different colour, indicate quarter stitches. Please see my first text tutorial and my pride text tutorial for more information on backstitching outlines and placing quarter/fractional stitches.

Space for edging your patch is not shown in the patterns below. You’ll need to allow additional blocks for this when cutting your swatch, depending on how narrow or thick you like your edges.

Arovoid Patch Pattern – Ten Block, Upper Case

Arovoid cross stitch patch pattern with the text arovoid in upper-case block lettering, striped in the colours of the black/green/light green/grey/black arovoid flag, with a light grey-green background. Pattern is set on a light grey grid. Letters are outlined, indicating backstitch, in darker green.

The five-stripe “arovoid” pattern fits a rectangle 54 stitches wide and 14 stitches high. Assuming a three stitch border, as for my other patches, this means you’ll want a 57 x 17 block swatch plus any excess (if used unmodified).

Caligo Aro-Ace Patch Pattern – Twelve Block, Lower Case

Cross stitch pattern with the text aroace in pixel-style lower-case lettering. The text is divided into two words - aro and ace - with each word striped in the colours of the caligoromantic (dark-to-light green gradient with upwards-pointing black/grey/white/green) and caligosexual (dark-to-light purple gradient with upwards-pointing black/grey/white/purple) flags on a very light grey background. Pattern is set on a grey grid.

The four-stripe caligo “aroace” pattern fits a rectangle 74 stitches wide and 16 stitches high. Assuming a three stitch border, as for my other patches, this means you’ll want a 77 x 19 block swatch plus any excess (if used unmodified).

A is for Aroflux / Arospike Letter Patch Pattern – Eight x Ten Block

Two square cross stitch patterns with the letter "a" in lower-case lettering. Both designs have a black or dark grey background, with the letter placed in the centre of the patch, surrounded by a striped frame. Both letters and the frame are striped in the colours of the arojump (mint green/grey/mint green with inwards-facing pink spike) and arospike (grey/mint green/grey with outwards-facing pink spike) pride flags. Pattern is set on a light grey grid. Letters are outlined, indicating backstitch.

The 8 x 10 “A is for Aroflux / Arospike” icon/frame patterns fit a square 20 stitches wide and 20 stitches high. Assuming a three stitch border, as for my other patches, this means you’ll want a 23 x 23 block swatch plus any excess (if used unmodified).

Heart Patch Pattern – Romo Aro

Cross stitch patch patterns for two heart patches. The left-hand patch, with fractional stitches to make an angled border, has seven stripes (green/light green/pink/white/pink/light grey/black) in the colours of the romo aro flag and is framed in a darker pink outline. The right-hand patch, in a pixel style with no fractional stitches, has seven stripes (green/light green/white/pink/white/light grey/black) in the colours of an alt romo aro flag and is framed in a darker green outline.

The twenty-block romo aro heart patterns fit a rectangle 21 stitches wide and 20 stitches high. Assuming a three stitch border, as for my other patches, this means you’ll want an 24 x 23 block swatch plus any excess (if used unmodified).

Because these patches are more easily sewn upside down, the patterns are oriented to match.

The combined caligo “aroace” pattern is based on this image series which can be recreated with some four-stripe a-spectrum flags (a la idem or cupio) using my twelve-block pixel “aroace” pattern.

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