FREEBIE - Rico

I have another freebie finish to share. This one is a Rico design, though it is offered for free through a German site that offer a variety of freebies at one a month. It is one of a pair of chickens. I chose the blue & white one, rather than the white & blue one, though I might yet do it as well. I stitched it with threads I had to hand (not DMC or ANCHOR or any other name, just a job lot of threads from my local bargain shop). I did, however, stick to the dark blue, light blue, white and basically chicken leg/beak-coloured brown, though I changed the central stitch of each of the little flowers to a pretty egg-yolk yellow.

Anyway, enjoy:

Design: Blue Chicken

Designer: Rico

Chart: https://www.kreuzstich-kreativ.de/galerie/monatsbilder.html

(go down to February 2009. It will be listed as 'blaues huhn')

Fabric: 14 ct Ecru

Colours: Dk Blue, Lt Blue, White, Med Brown, Yellow

FREEBIE - Merry Xmas

I've been stitching again, this time a freebie!

I know it's not Christmas, nor any time near it, but last year when I put my tree up for the first time in about ten years, then had a look at my existing decorations, I realised just how sad they were all looking. 

I've been meaning for the last few years to make some new decorations for my tree and house, and while I've made a few, I've not made anywhere near enough to replace my old and rather tatty ones I currently have.

Anyway, as this is supposed to be a year of freebies, I've started to make a concerted effort to stitch said freebies.

Design: Merry Xmas

Designer: Romy's Creations

Chart: http://www.romyscreations.blogspot.com.au/p/freebies-by-romys-creations.html

(it's about half way down the page, after the non-English versions)

Fabric: Ecru 14-ct aida

Colours: DMC (I chose 5270 (holly berries), 5269 (holly leaves), 436, 817, 3839, 699)