Home is Where The Heart Is - Free Cross Stitch Pattern

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Hi everyone, here is a sweet freebie pattern, 

Home is Where The Heart Is.

I have made the pattern available from google drive, just click the link below before the date and it should be available to download. Any problems with the download please let me know.  

Pattern available for 7 days until 7th January 2026 after that time please email me for the pdf

Until next time, Happy Stitching!
   

 

Free Winter Cross Stitch Pattern

 

Freebie Friday Cross Stitch Pattern

Here is another free cross stitch pattern to stitch in the winter season.

Hope you love it!

To download the pattern: 

Click on the image of the pattern below and save to your computer or screenshot on ipad. If you would like a pdf copy of the pattern and floss tags to match you can contact me in the contact form on my blog, but please leave me your email address in the message or I will not be able to reply.

Your email will only be used to respond to your message.

Free Printable Floss Tags

Until next time Happy Stitching!

Free Christmas Cross Stitch pattern

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Hi everyone, it’s been a while since I posted but I decided to design another little free pattern for you, this time it’s a Christmas one, a quick stitch to finish in an evening. Two designs to make into a pillow or ornament.   

To download the pattern: 

Click on the image of the pattern below and save to your computer or screenshot on ipad. If you would like a pdf copy of the pattern and floss tags to match you can contact me in the contact form on my blog, but please leave me your email address in the message or I will not be able to reply.

Your email will only be used to respond to your message.

Just in case you cannot see the colours in the pattern…

The colours are DMC stranded cotton thread 326, 335, 367, 368, and white. 

Floss tags to match.

If you would like a printable pdf of the floss tags please email me with your email address and I will send a digital copy of the tags.  

What have I been stitching? 

I have been doing lots of stitching, here are a few of my recent finishes. 

 Until next time, happy stitching!

 

Strawberries in July cross stitch finish.

 Hello everyone, I hope you are all well?

I have been doing lots of stitching this week, one of my favourite finishes is this July Calendar Cat pattern featuring Miss Mini Cat harvesting strawberries and making jam. 

Below are some photos showing how I completed the finishing.

Stitched on 14 count Aida

DMC stranded cotton threads 

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 Materials required to complete the project

Card or mount board measuring about 2mm thick

Interfacing for the back of the stitching, can be fusible or not.

Thread for the lacing at the back.

Polyester wadding - optional (1 or 2mm thick)

Strong glue suitable for fabrics (I used a Prit Stick for the first time and it worked really well!) Not acid free though!

This image shows the wadding. 

Lay your finished cross stitch face down and iron on the interfacing. Place wadding on top and then the mount board.  

Thread your needle with strong thread or use sewing cotton doubled over. Start stitching from the middle and work your way to the edge.

Stitch to the end and fold corners over like this…

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Fold over neatly

Make sure the front is aligned perfectly. 

Start stitching again from the middle and work towards the opposite edge.

Once the lacing is finished on one side, thread your needle with another long piece and lace the long side from top to bottom as shown below.

Finish off at the corner.

The stitched piece is now ready for mounting on other card that has been covered by fabric.

Cut the fabric about half an inch larger all around to overlap the card, glue into each corner on the back and the sides and adhere to the card.

Measure each card slightly larger than the first piece so that you can stack them like this.

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Glue each piece to the last. 

You can lay something heavy over the stack and leave to dry. Place a piece of white paper onto the top of the cross stitch to protect the stitching.

I like to stitch the Ric-Rac to the cross stitch edging rather than using glue as it is easier to line it up correctly.

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Until next time, happy stitching! 

 

Free Be The Sunshine Cross Stitch Pattern and a hoop finish tutorial.

 

Hi everyone, it is currently above 30c in France at the moment, pretty hot so we are indoors with the shutters closed!

In this post I show how to finish a cross stitch into a hoop and give you my latest free cross stitch pattern that is available as a pdf download.

I also show some photos of my latest Autumn designs that I have finished into a hoop and a small pillow.

Free pattern 

If the sun is not shining outside (or in your heart at the moment) then here is a free cross stitch pattern for you to stitch. I used DMC thread and backstitched in metallic gold thread.

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To download the pattern: 

Click on the image of the pattern below and save to your computer or screenshot on ipad. If you would like a pdf copy of the pattern you can contact me in the contact form on my blog, but please leave me your email address in the message or I will not be able to reply.

Your email will only be used to respond to your message.  

Stitching update.

I have been stitching quite a lot recently because the weather has been so hot and I had no energy to do anything else. I managed to get some finishing done on some of my projects. 

Here is the June Calendar cat finished, a part of the 12 monthly series in my Etsy shop. 

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Autumn stitching

I finished a couple of Autumn designs, one into a hoop and the other into this small pillow.

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Here is the reverse side of the pillow. I attached the Made with Love label using a pretty blanket stitch.

The pattern is available in my Etsy store here

The printable project planner, cards and floss tags are also available with a 20% discount for readers of my blog. 

Finishing tips

If you decide to finish your design into a hoop, just iron some interfacing onto the back of your stitched piece, place it into a hoop and gather the fabric around the edge on the reverse side. 

Use strong thread to gather around the edge 

Then stitch across the hoop pulling but not too tight, finish off into the fabric with a few stitches.

Take the top hoop and draw a line inside the circle onto a piece of felt and then cut out. This will be the perfect size to attach to the back of the hoop using a blanket stitch. 

I used DMC thread to finish the back

Use tiny stitches to hide them and finish into the felt. 

I hope you live the hoop finish as much as I do!

Until next time, Happy Stitching!