Since 1867
Needlecraft kits with a long tradition
Complete kits
Felt, floss, needle and instructions included
Every skill level
From My 1st Stitch minis to heirloom stockings
Seasonal Felt Kits
Stockings, ornaments, tree skirts and advent calendars in marked felt, with the sequins and beads counted out. Start one in autumn and it hangs on the mantel every December after.
Stamped Embroidery
The design is printed on the cotton and the floss is sorted by number, so the first evening goes into stitching rather than planning. Most hoops finish in three to six evenings.
Counted Cross Stitch
Blank aida, a full-color chart and the floss cut and carded. Begin with a My 1st Stitch mini and work up to a sampler that fills a frame.
Baby
Crib covers, birth records with room for a name, date and weight, and felt garlands for the nursery wall. The gift that stays up after the outfits are outgrown.
Stamped Home Decor
Lap quilts, pillow covers and hoop art that suit any decorating style. A stitched piece carries the evenings someone spent on it, and it lasts for decades.
Ornaments
Small felt pieces with a long habit behind them: Bucilla has been packing hand-stitched heirlooms for more than 150 years. A set of four to six takes about a weekend.
Needlecraft kits with a long tradition
Bucilla has made needlework kits since 1867, and the idea has not changed much: open the box, find the design, the fabric or felt, the thread and the needle, and start stitching the same evening. You do not shop for supplies in three places or guess at colors. The kit decides those for you, so your time goes into the stitches.
The range covers five kinds of making. Stamped embroidery prints the design on the fabric, so you follow lines rather than a chart. Counted cross stitch gives you a chart and blank cloth, and the picture appears square by square. Felt applique kits arrive with pre-cut or printed felt shapes, sequins and beads for stockings, ornaments and tree skirts. Baby kits turn a crib cover or a birth record into a keepsake. Home decor kits stretch the same skills to pillows, lap quilts and wall hangings.
Every card on this site opens the listing for that kit, where you can read the current price, the finished size and the reviews of people who made it before you.
Why makers keep coming back to Bucilla
Most needlework brands sell supplies. Bucilla sells finished projects, and that difference shows the moment you open a box. The felt pieces are already colored and marked. The floss is sorted and labeled by number. The instructions show each step as a drawing, not a paragraph, so you can check your work against the picture instead of rereading a sentence.
The designs are the other reason. Bucilla stockings, ornaments and advent calendars have hung in the same houses for thirty and forty years, and the current catalog keeps that look: Santa and reindeer, nativity scenes, gingerbread houses, woodland animals, florals and geodes for the embroidery hoop. A kit you finish this winter matches the one your mother finished in 1992.
Bucilla belongs to the Plaid Enterprises family of craft brands, which is why the same kits appear season after season and why replacement floss and needles are easy to find.
Bucilla kits to make and share
Start with a well-loved design, then make every stitch your own.
Ornament Making Kit Easter Bonnet Parade
Bucilla Counted Cross Stitch Birth Record Kit
Bucilla, Mischievous Puppies, Felt Applique
Bucilla, Peaceful Nativity, Felt Applique
Bucilla, Floral Bouquet, Full Stamped Kit
Bucilla Counted Cross Stitch Kit, Terrarium Cactus
Bucilla Sweet Baby Crib Cover
Bucilla Pillow Case Pair, Butterflies In Flight
How to choose your first Bucilla kit
Start with the technique you want to learn. A stamped embroidery kit is the easiest first project: the lines are printed on the fabric, and the kit lists which stitch goes where. Counted cross stitch asks you to read a chart, so pick a My 1st Stitch mini before a full sampler. Felt applique needs patience with small pieces and sequins more than needle skill, and it forgives a wobbly stitch better than fabric does.
Then check the finished size in the listing. A 6-inch hoop design takes a few evenings. An 18-inch stocking takes a few weeks. A tree skirt or a lap quilt is a winter project, and you will want a table to lay it out on.
Read the skill level printed on the box. Bucilla marks beginner kits and includes a stitch guide in each one, so a first-timer can finish a mini without help. Kits marked for experienced stitchers use finer floss, smaller felt pieces and more colors.
Last, think about who gets the finished piece. A stocking or a birth record needs a name, and every Bucilla kit that takes one includes an alphabet chart or felt letters for it.
What comes in the box
Each Bucilla kit contains the fabric or felt with the design already stamped or marked, cotton floss in every color the design uses, the needles, and an illustrated instruction sheet with a stitch guide. Felt kits add the sequins, beads and stuffing for dimensional pieces. Stamped cross stitch and embroidery kits print the design in a wash-away ink, so nothing shows after you rinse the finished work. You supply scissors, a hoop if you like one, and an evening or two.
Kits for the seasons and the gifts
Christmas is the busiest shelf: personalized stockings, tree skirts, felt ornament sets and advent calendars that families pull out every December. Easter and Halloween have their own felt sets, from bonnet-parade ornaments to a jack-o’-lantern garland. Baby kits mark a birth with a crib cover or a stitched record of the date and weight, and a wedding or an anniversary suits a sampler in counted cross stitch. Each of these takes a few weeks of evenings, so order a season ahead if the piece is a gift.
Questions about Bucilla kits
Yes. Each kit includes the stamped fabric or marked felt, the floss in every color used, the needles and illustrated instructions. Felt kits also include sequins, beads and stuffing. You add scissors and, if you want one, an embroidery hoop.
Start with a stamped embroidery kit or a My 1st Stitch counted cross stitch mini. Both are marked for beginners, take a few evenings, and include a stitch guide in the box.
A stamped kit prints the design on the fabric and you stitch over the marks. A counted kit gives you blank cloth and a chart, and you count squares to place each stitch. Stamped is faster to start; counted gives a sharper finished picture.
Most people finish an 18-inch felt applique stocking in three to six weeks of evenings. The sequin work takes the longest, so start by October if the stocking is a gift.
Yes. Kits designed for personalizing include an alphabet chart or felt letters and show where the name goes in the instructions.
Choose a project you will enjoy making
Find a Bucilla kit that suits your hands, your home, or the person you have in mind. Pick the technique, check the finished size, and open the listing to see the current price and what other stitchers made from the same box. The first stitch is the hardest part, and the kit has already done the planning for you.