tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51587790238287086522011-11-27T19:23:50.389-05:00Featuring charted needlecraft patterns, free cross stitch charts, designed by Sandi Marshall, along with resources for finding needlecraft supplies and information.Sandi Marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07043253757841209376noreply@blogger.comBlogger121100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158779023828708652.post-86668449343231706392010-01-27T23:14:00.001-05:002010-01-28T14:23:23.536-05:00

Here's a little penguin, hanging out on a patch of ice, for you to enjoy stitching. It's a quick to stitch project because there are limited colors and fairly large areas of each color, making it quicker to stitch up. I had the idea of trying to come up with a counted cross stitch design that had a penguin in it so I started drawing freehand in my chart-making program and then kept editing and

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Wondering where to find great choices for buying embroidery floss online? Here's a resource for floss from a reputable online shop: 100 Anchor Embroidery Cross Stitch Threads Floss/skeins When you're looking to add a wide range of colors to your embroidery floss supplies, the set shown above contains lots of blues, greens, reds, orange, pink, yellow, greys, purple etc. ... a great way to

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In looking for some heart theme projects, I came across this cross stitch kit in the Daydreams (TM) line. It's a small project that looks like it would stitch up quickly and would be a pretty decoration for your home decor. It could also be a great gift for a friend (given either as the kit to crafty friends or family members who would enjoy doing the stitching for themselves or complete the kit

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I started by charting a basic outline of an egg shape then added to it from my own imagination to create a design within the egg. I really enjoyed making this one up, so I'm thinking about creating a series of egg designs, if there seems to be an interest in it. Although we often think of decorated eggs at Easter, these can be for display during any time of year. If you make something

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As finishing touches for this cross stitch, which I worked on aida cloth, I went around each grape cluster with the darker purple color, using straight outline stitches (also called back stitches). This makes the clusters of grapes stand out a little more. I also defined the outside edge with straight outline stitches by going all the way around the heart on the outer edge with the darker green

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I created this heart design to have a grapes and leaves vineyard theme. This is an original design, created by Sandi Marshall, copyright 2008 by Sandi Marshall. Per copyright law, do not put this chart or my image of the design on another web site, blog page or elsewhere and do not distribute by reproduced copy, in any form. For more info on copyright law, see www.copyright.govFor an example of

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I've given basic colors for the color key below the chart. You could use any shade of those colors that you have on hand or substitute other colors, to match the embroidery floss that you have. There are only four colors used on this design. This could be a good pattern for using up small amounts of colors that you have leftover from larger projects. This is an original design, created by Sandi

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I created this design from my own imagination. I started with a heart in the center, then made flowers around the heart until I was satisfied with the way it looked. I hope you will enjoy it. Below the chart, there is a color key, with colors for several embroidery floss brands. Because these colors are quite basic, you can easily substitute different shades of the colors to use what you have on

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My charted design is suitable for adapting to intarsia knitting, cross-stitch on a crocheted background, as well as for working in traditional cross-stitch on aida cloth. I originally came up with the monarch butterfly portion in 1997 as part of one of my other designs. I decided to use this butterfly again in this new way, with a framing of lines that I made up randomly as I went along, wherever

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Rooster in Cross-Stitch on a Crocheted SquareDesigned by Sandi MarshallThis square is made using my free charted rooster design. Following are instructions for crocheting a background square on which to do the cross-stitch, along with the pattern for the crocheted sun to add to the corner of the finished square. This is a copyrighted pattern. Please keep my terms of use statement with the pattern

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Doesn't this rooster look like he might be proud of his colors? The example on the left above shows the colors as given on the chart but you might have fun adding additional colors, as shown in the example on the right. The following chart shows a color key for three different embroidery floss brands for cross-stitch. These colors are only a suggestion and you could easily substitute other shades

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I truly enjoy creating charts for needlecrafts. Watch for new charted patterns that I'll be featuring here. Some of my previous work has been in color charts for cross-stitch, with themes like cats and butterflies, charts for color work in crocheting and intarsia knitting, such as my aircraft theme designs and charts for filet crochet, for example, my dragonfly pattern.Ok, now I'm back to work on

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