Pride Patch Tutorial: Aro Text, Part Seven

Six digitally-created versions of cross stitch pride patches, arranged in two rows of three, against a background of a textured partially-translucent aromantic pride flag. Text between the two rows reads Aro Pride Patches in black type. Patches include a rectangular patch in aroflux zigzag stripes, an idemromantic heart, an aro flag text patch reading "aro", a square in quoiromantic stripes, an arrow design in allo-aro colours and a second arrow in nebularomantic colours.

Part seven of my text patch miniseries provides patterns for pride flags with, appropriately, seven horizontal stripes! These patterns suit many aro-ace and aro-ace agender flags as well as some aro, allo-aro, ace and a-spec spectrum flags.

Two cross stitch patches sitting on a blue microfibre blanket. Both feature block-style letters divided into seven horizontal stripes, sewn in the colours of various pride flags. The top patch reads "alloaro" in the colours of the green/aqua/magenta/light blue/white/yellow/gold allo-aro spectrum flag, sewn on a lilac background with a lilac buttonhole-stitch border. The bottom patch reads "aro" in the colours of the green/black/grey/white/grey/black/green aro spectrum flag, sewn on a green background with a variegated green buttonhole-stitch border.

You’ll need familiarity with cross stitch (full crosses and fractional stitches) and backstitch to make unedged patches, along with a buttonhole/closed blanket stitch to make the edged patches shown above. My first patch tutorial demonstrates cross and blanket/buttonhole stitch, while the second covers backstitch.

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