Free Autumn Cross Stitch Pattern

 

Stitched with Spirit: The Little Halloween House Cross Stitch Pattern. 

Includes finishing instructions.

With the nights drawing in and a chill in the air, there's no better time to hunker down with your needle and floss. I have been busy creating this Little Halloween House Cross Stitch Pattern for you to stitch. 

The cozy spookiness of the season, from the quaint halloween house itself to the stacked pumpkins and the crow. 

It’s a perfect-sized project – not so big that it's overwhelming, but with enough lovely detail to be satisfying.

This finished piece is just screaming (pardon the pun!) to be part of a Halloween tiered tray display or mantle arrangement.

Ready to get stitching? Here’s how to grab your FREE pattern:

[CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE LITTLE HALLOWEEN HOUSE PATTERN]

PLEASE NOTE: This pattern is available for a short time at the download link. 

What to Do If the Download Link Has Expired:

Did you miss the spooky deadline? When the free download window has closed, you can still get your hands on the pattern. Simply hop on over to our contact form in the side bar on the right hand side of the blog. Send me a quick message with the subject "Little Halloween House Pattern Request," and I will be happy to send the file your way!

Your email address will only be used to send you the pattern.

Happy stitching, and have a wonderfully wicked Halloween!

Freebie Friday - Halloween Cross Stitch Pattern and floss tags

 

 

Free Hocus Pocus Floss Holder & Cross Stitch Pattern

It has been a little while since my last post, but with spooky season just around the corner, I couldn't resist dropping in with a fun new treat for your stitching basket!

I'm happy to share this Hocus Pocus Floss Holder & Mini Pattern freebie. Featuring a playful little ghost, a witch's boot, a dangling spider, and classic Halloween hues, this design doubles as both a quick festive stitch and a functional floss organizer to keep your threads tidy on your next autumn project.

Project Details & Ideas

• Floss Organizer: Print onto sturdy cardstock, punch out the side holes, and use it as a decorative floss drop holder for your active threads.
  
  
• Mini Ornament or Pinkeep: Stitch the central motif onto your favorite fabric count to finish as a small pillow, flat-fold display or framed. 
  
  

How to Download

• Instant Download: You can grab your free copy directly using the download link below.
  
  
• Limited-Time Availability: This pattern will be available for direct download on the blog for a short time only.
  
  
• Missed the Window? If you arrive after the link has expired, don't worry—simply send me a message through the contact form on the blog, and I will be happy to email you a copy. I will only use your email to send you the pattern, please be specific on the name of the pattern and the date it was posted.
  
  

Click Here to Download the Free Hocus Pocus Floss Holder and Colour Pattern.

Click Here to Download the Free Colour Hocus Pocus Floss Holder and Black and White Symbol Pattern.

 

I hope this brings a bit of magic to your stitching chair! If you stitch or assemble this floss holder, tag me so I can see your finished piece. Happy stitching!

Winner of Giveaway and recent stitching

Hi everyone, I announce the winner of my last giveaway and show you my latest finishes and works in progress, together with some beautiful frame ideas from an Etsy shop called Stitch Life Studio.

Scissor fob exchange arrived at destination and more stitching news.

I have another scissor fob or two to show you, these are my latest stitching addiction!

I made this for Ina in the Hooked on Exchanging blog for the Halloween exchange, I did not include any gifts for this, I usually like to make my extras but I ran out of time, I spent that much time on the stitching on this one that time just flew by and before I knew it the send date had arrived.

It may not look much but there was quite a bit of work in this!   

It is a Just Nan pattern from a Halloween issue of  Just Cross Stitching magazine from 2009, to be honest I was not too sure if I liked the design or not but at the time I did not have any other appropriate halloween scissor fob patterns.

I have also been stitching  a Christmas scissor fob from my Christmas Cat cross stitch design. 

 

You can see a cross stitch scissor fob tutorial with detailed photographs on my finishing blog here

I trimmed the tassel  with black mill hill beads 

I stitched our names on the reverse with a hand made with love tag

And now for the Christmas scissor fob, I hope you are not bored by now!

I designed this Christmas Cat cross stitch pattern but then decided to design a smaller pattern to make a scissor fob or small pillow.

I trimmed it with mill hill red beads and metallic silver thread

The tassel and cord were made from DMC stranded cotton.

Here is the pattern!

Until next time, happy stitching everyone!

Halloween exchange received from Lisa.

Hi everyone, I have received the halloween  exchange from Lisa S, it is a lovely scissor fob with a small pumpkin charm that jingles when you shake it, isn't it cute!

Thankyou so much Lisa for this lovely exchange, I love it!

You can see Lisa's blog here 



Halloween Scissor Fob now finished

Halloween will soon be here so I thought I would show you the scissor fob that I talked about in the previous post, this is the one made from my free pattern here, I only used three colours but I think it looks quite nice. 

I really enjoyed stitching this, although I have not done much halloween stitching this year I have put pictures in my blog header of the stitching I did last year, one was for an exchange I did and the other was a gift for my sister.  

I have since been meaning to stitch the Just Nan halloween tin for myself but haven't got around to it just yet, it has been in my craft room since last year in my stash!

I have stitched a halloween Just Nan design onto a scissor fob, if you check out my tutorials blog you can see the finishing instructions for it here

Here are some more photo's.

I handmade the tassle out of matching DMC thread, stitched mill hill black beads around the edge and added some beads to the tassle.

Happy stitching until next time.

Free halloween pattern, work in progress and a new pattern.

Hi everyone, I have plenty of stitching and creativity to show you this week, I have a free pattern for all my readers and progress photo's on Rosie from Little House Needlework.

   

I have been busy with Halloween stitching this week, I have just sent off the Halloween Scissor fob to my partner in the Hooked on Exchanging Halloween exchange, I can't show you that yet until my partner has received it, although I enjoyed stitching the scissor fob so much that I decided to make my halloween cat into a mini freebie to stitch as a scissor fob or mini hanging ornament.

I have completed the pattern in grey colours so that you can see the stitching lines etc but I am stitching mine on black fabric, I have finished stitching the pattern and I am going to trim the edge with black beads.

Here is the pattern, just click on the picture and print.

Here is my scissor fob, I am going to attach a handmade tassle and maybe a bright orange matching cord, hopefully I should have this ready for my next post.  

EDITED: This is now a fully finished object (FFO) you can see it in my next post here  

Stitching news

Next up is  my progress  on Rosie, I love the way she is turning out, I can't wait to get this framed. 

Happy stitching, hope you enjoy the scissor fob freebie!



Karen has received my halloween exchange.

Halloween exchange that I sent Karen from the Hooked on Exchanging group, I made a pinkeep and a needlebook together with some fimo clay pins.

The pattern is a freebie from Gazette 94 blog here , I stitched it 1 over 1 on linen using DMC threads and the pinkeep was stitched 2 over 2. 

Until next time, happy stitching!

Just Nan Halloween gift for my sister.

I decided to make this Just Nan Boo tin and needlebook for my sister, I saw these on many blogs last year when I first started blogging, they have been on my to do list ever since. I made the pumpkin teapot out of polymer clay.

You can find inspiration on You Tube for polymer clay.

 

I love this design,  it looks more complicated than it actually is.

The back of the  Just Nan Needlebook.

Happy stitching everyone, thankyou for visiting!

Halloween exchange, PIF received, and a blog award!

Halloween exchange from Wendy.

I have received my halloween exchange from Wendy in the Hooked on Exchanges Too Group blog and the Hooked on Exchanging blog here.  Wendy made me a lovely pillow and sent some fabric and a Little House Needlework pattern, thankyou Wendy, I love it all!

I have posted my halloween exchange last Thursday and it should arrive sometime this week.

Pay it forward for Akila

Here is the pay it forward that I sent Akila, I made a pinkeep and decorated it with silver butterflies.

Akila has let me know that she likes the gift.

I am currently stitching this ornament for the Christmas Challenge blog, I am making four ornaments in one!

It is stitched 2 over 1, however I think it is a bit tight and I should have used one thread instead of two, but it looks quite cute.

I finished stitching this cross stitch design for a pillow I am making, but I forgot to post a picture. The cross stitch design is a freebie and can be found here.

Stitching news 

I am currently stitching my Heaven and Earth Design - Gothic Rose,  it did get relegated to the bottom of my stitching stash as I was busy stitching exchanges and gifts, but now I have some spare time to catch up a little bit, hopefully I will post a picture soon. Here is the start of the Gothic Rose design.

I am planning to stitch a random act of kindness for a blogging friend  but I don't need to send that until the end of November, I have planned what I am going to stitch  and I am really looking forward to sending it.

My halloween stitching is in progress but I can't say what I have stitched as one of them is an exchange and the other is a surprise.

I was having a tidy up amongst my crafting stash, I found lots of patterns that I forgot I had, I really must not buy any more patterns until I have stitched them all, but of course you know we stitchers find that impossible to do, don't we!

I am planning to start one of my Mirabillia patterns sometime soon, as  I love having a couple of large projects on the go, I have a choice between : 
 

Crystal christmas

Angel Proclamation

Titania, Queen of the Fairies.

Happy stitching everyone!