Free Pattern Friday: Super Edition

Well, I know I've been a little behind in posting Free Pattern Friday for the past couple weeks.  So to make up for it, I have links to 3 free cross stitch patterns today.  I actually plan my posts several months in advance, so rather than just ignoring these great patterns, I want to make sure that you are aware they're out there.  So without further ado, here we go.

First of is the latest installment of the Flower of the Month series by EMS that are part of the 2015 SAL I'm hosting.  If you want to come join us there's still time to sign up, all the signup info can be found here.

June's flower as designed by Ellen Maurer-Stroh is Wild Rose, not to be confused with the cultivated roses, which have a multiplicity of meanings.  According to Google, the wild rose has it's own symbolism and stands for pleasure and simplicity. 

The PDF for this free cross stitch pattern (if you haven't downloaded it already) can be found over at the EMS website.

And since we're into June now, I'm starting to have all things summer on my mind.  Graduation just finished up here at work, so now it seems like everyone is kicking back and enjoying their summer vacations (unless, like me, you have to work year round).  Summer makes me think of beaches, and I found this adorable pattern by Rainbow Gallery that fits right into this theme.

I have to confess, I'm not a super huge fan of beaches.  I don't like swimming in water where "things" may touch me, and I don't like getting sand in every imaginable crevasse when changing out of my swimming suit.   But I love the idea of beaches.  And this cute little pink fish is perfect for a beachy stitching project.  The pattern calls for all Rainbow Gallery fibers, but you could easily sub those out for your favorite brand of threads instead.

The PDF for this project is available for download at the Rainbow Galley website. 

And speaking of the beach, here's another great thing that usually comes with beach trips: flip flops.  Now I love flip flops (I blame it on the California girl in me) and I usually wear them year-round, at least inside the house.  But there's nothing better than finding a new cute pair of flip flops for the summer.  The partner I'm stitching my summer exchange project for love flip flops, so I almost chose this pattern to make for her, but ended up choosing something different instead. 

This cute free cross stitch pattern is done by Janlynn, and is available to download via PDF from their website. 

So that's it for this mega installment of Free Pattern Friday.  I am going to try to be better at posting these weekly again...

Until next time, happy stitching!





If you ever come across one of my posts that contains a chart that breaks copyright law, please email me and let me know right away. In picking and posting my free cross stitch pattern posts, I make every effort to ensure the designs I share are legitimately free charts.

Guess What?

Bunny butt!!!!

Okay, see, I promised my brother I would do that.  I've been bugging him all weekend with that as I've worked on Hoppy Spring, which as you can see, I speedily completed over the weekend.  So I didn't finish it in time for it to count for this month's Stitch From Stash, so it will count as my first finish from April instead.

If there's one thing I don't like about this pattern, it's that the flowers at the bottom seem a little off center.  Strangely enough, I realized after I finished the piece that pattern preview had them in a slightly different position in relation to the bunny than the actual pattern. 

The pattern also lists colors for both DMC and Anchor threads, and I thought for sure once I added the darker brown of the bunny's head and the flowers that it was designed with Anchor threads because I didn't think the DMC looked right at all.  But since I didn't want to start over (it's due by the end of the week, and I still need finishing time) I kept going.  It seemed like the darker brown was way too dark and the pink flowers way too bright pink.  In the end, they must have grown on me, because the colors don't bug me any more now that it's done.

This is for a Spring themed exchange I'm participating in through the San-Man Originals message boards.  It's stitched on 14 count white aida using the charted DMC threads.  I started it March 25th and finished it March 29th (which is totally marathon stitching for me). This is a freebie pattern from Tiny Modernist called Easter Bunny, that I slightly modified by stitching "Hoppy Spring" on the bottom instead of Happy Easter.  The pattern can be found about halfway down this page if you'd like to stitch it yourself. 

So now it's onto a new spring design, although I'm not sure what I'm going to do with it.  Pictures of that coming soon.  I also made some progress on my EMS flowers for the Flower of the Month SAL I host (finally) so look for pics of those coming when I post the check in tomorrow.

I will also be participating for the first time in the Blogging From A to Z April Challenge next month.  For those of you who haven't heard of it, more information can be found here, but the basic idea is that you write 26 posts in April, one for each letter of the alphabet.  Mine of course will be cross stitch themed, but I haven't really decided how else it will go yet.  I'm not going to worry about being too thematic, since this is my first time participating.  I know of at least two other stitching blogs that are taking part, and they're celebrating by doing a letter of an alphabet pattern a day, which I think is a great idea, but I just have way to much deadline stitching to do at the moment to participate in that.  Bummer.  But look for those posts to start coming in a couple days.  It's going to be like Crazy January all over again with multiple posts per day, haha. 

Speaking of which, my Stitch From Stash update last Friday was my 100th post, can you believe it?  Thank you to all of you who join me and read my crazy thoughts and comment on my posts.  It means a lot.  I try to reciprocate as much as possible, although I am wayyyy behind on reading my blogs, so I haven't been commenting as much as usual lately, and I hope you all forgive me.  

Anyway, more updates coming tomorrow!

Free Pattern Friday: Easter Bunny

Can you believe it's already the last Friday in March?  Where did my favorite month go?  Today's free cross stitch pattern is an Easter themed one, since we're fast approaching on that holiday too.  I just couldn't let it go by without featuring a pattern for it, now could I? 

This pattern is simply called "Easter Bunny" and is designed by the fabulous Lucie Heaton.  If you're a regular reader of the British cross stitch magazines, you probably recognize her name.  Now, this pattern is small enough you have time to get it done before Easter if you wanted to.  Just saying.  I of course love it because it includes a daffodil at the bottom!

This pattern is featured at the Cyberstitchers website, so you can head over there to download this free cross stitch pattern in three different formats. 

I also have a bonus source of free patterns for you today.  I've mentioned the Facebook group Cross Stitch for Charity before (back before Christmas).  The current charity being supported is World Wildlife Fund, and there are some great charts that have been donated by designers such as Jane Netley Mayhew, Brooke's Books, Lesley Teare, Ursula Michael and many, many more. 

Now, these charts are free, they were donated to the cause directly from the designers, but in return it's asked that you make a donation (big or small) to the group's fund so it can be donated to the current charity at the end of the month.  These charts will therefore only be available until March 31st, so if you'd like to donate to WWF, and get some great free charts in return, head over to the Facebook group to check it out ASAP. 

Happy stitching!





If you ever come across one of my posts that contains a chart that breaks copyright law, please email me and let me know right away. In picking and posting my free cross stitch pattern posts, I make every effort to ensure the designs I share are legitimately free charts.