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.

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.

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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.

Autumn stitching

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

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.