FREEBIE - Royal Guardsman

Design: Royal Guardsman

Chart: http://www.themakingspot.com/cross-stitch/pattern/quick-stitch-soldier

Fabric: White 14-ct Aida

Threads: DMC

This little guy is my first freebie of the year! He's a Royal Guardsman. He was originally offered as the cover freebie from the April 2011 edition of Cross Stitcher UK, but is offered for free download through The Making Spot. The only thing I changed was the background cover of the flag, as the original chart had it as the same pink as the face and hands of our little bloke, but given it should have been blue, I made it blue.

Enjoy!

My next freebie item is a needle set - scissor fob, needle book & pin cushion, called "Busy Bees". It's from www.xstitchhappy.com. I will upload photos as I get them done.

NON-FREEBIE - Mouseloft Designs - again!

Design: Yacht Race

Designer: Mouseloft Designs

(www.mouseloft.co.uk)

Fabric: Aida - white, 14ct

Threads: supplied with kit

 

This is my second Mouseloft Design kit that I've stitched. It took me a bit longer this time around, but it's done now at least.

I've just started my first freebie of the year. It's from The Making Spot, which is part of the UK's Cross Stitcher Magazine's online presence. The one I am stitching was a kit that came with the August 2011 Cross Stitcher magazine. The chart is being offered as a free download pdf. I won't say anything more about it, other than it is a typically British design.

NON-FREEBIE - Mouseloft Designs

Happy New Year!

I've been going through my kits, and found I have a small collection of Mouseloft designs.

I stitched one in about four hours, and I'm almost through my second one. They are great little charts, and come in kit form with threads, 14-ct aida, and a needle, but unfortunately they don't give you a conversion chart so you can stitch them again. I have a bit of each thread left, thankfully, so at some stage I am going to sit down and work out what colours they are in DMC and Anchor, so that I might stitch them again in the future, but it seems you either take a random guess, or stitch them in colours you have that are vaguely close enough, or else if you want to stitch them again, you buy the kit again. Grrr. However, their prices are good for kits, to be fair. Given they are a British company, their prices are in pounds, but at £2.29 (or thereabouts) I'm not really complaining too much :-)

Design: Bicycle & Lampost

Designer: Mouseloft

(www.mouseloft.co.uk)

Fabric: Aida - white, 14ct

Threads: supplied with kit

To follow, is Mouseloft's "Yacht Race", which should be done today. Then I am starting my first freebie of the year.