Penguin Counted Cross Stitch Free Pattern

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 changing it until I was fairly satisfied with the result, enough to leave it alone at this stage and put it on my blog for you to see and use. This is the result; I hope you will enjoy it:

To Print Out a Full Size of the Chart: Click on the thumbnail size penquin chart above to go to a page showing the chart as a larger image for you to print out.

Use your own choices for the colors of floss that you want to use to stitch the design. I didn't assign DMC or other brands of floss colors to this chart but the colors are so basic that you can just use whatever colors you have on hand. You could easily substitute a different color for the scarf and hat, if you wanted to, and a different shade of blue for the ice or leave the bottom section all white to be snow, instead of ice, if you would like that look better. Have fun!

Copyright (c) 2010 by Sandi Marshall

Online Sources for Buying Floss, Aida Cloth and Other Cross Stitch Supplies Online: Each of the online stores shown below have very good sale prices at various times.

Simply click on any of the banners to go to that online store.

100 Embroidery Floss Skeins

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 quickly increase the color choices that you have on hand. Anchor brand floss is high quality.

100 Skeins of Art Silk Rayon Hand EmbroideryThreads - Assorted Colors

This is high quality silk rayon, 100 skeins, with 10 skeins of each color (in different tones of that color). Perfect for hand embroidery or cross stitch.

100 Skeins of Silky Variegated Hand Embroidery Floss Threads - Assorted Colors

This is high quality silk rayon in a variegated assortment. 100 skeins, with 10 skeins of each color (in different variegated tones of that color).

Other Choices - DMC:
If you are looking for DMC brand floss colors, in smaller assortments, those choices can be browsed here

Cherished Hearts Cross Stitch Kit

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 yourself to give someone the finished decoration).
Cherished Hearts Counted Cross Stitch Kit
A little bit about the Daydreams (TM) line: It includes needlecrafts that also use other art finishings in the project, such as sponge painting or wire art. The designs of these completed projects are sophisticated and they are fun to create.
Supplies are included to complete each kit's project. Read more
Image above used with permission of online Joann Store and cj.com

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Fancy Egg - Diamond Geometric - Free Chart for Cross Stitch and Needlecrafts

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 using my Diamond Geometric Egg design (in cross stitch or in any other craft medium), I'd love to hear about it. There's a handy comments section below.

If you post a photo somewhere on the Internet showing what you made using my design, it would be great if you would give the link to your photo page when you write your comment here. Please consider placing a link to my free chart on your page where you show the photo of the item that you made using my chart, so others can know where to find the chart too. Thanks! I appreciate it. ~ Sandi

If you think you would like this design in a different color scheme, you could adapt the chart symbols to represent shades of a different color than shown on the chart. Here I've shown two possible alternate color schemes that could be used, one in shades of purple and pink and one in shades of blue, where you would substitute colors that you have on hand.

Cross Stitched Example of Heart With Vines Design

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 color. A little outlining can really make a difference in the overall finished look of a cross-stitched piece.

I have made my copyrighted chart for my Vineyard Heart design available to be printed out for free for your personal, non-commercial use. The chart can be printed from this page: Free Vineyard Heart Chart. The url for the chart page is http://charts-by-sandi.blogspot.com/2008/12/vineyard-heart-free-cross-stitch-chart.html

If you make something using my Vineyard Heart design (in cross stitch or in any other craft medium), I'd love to hear about it. There's a handy comments section below. If you post a photo somewhere on the Internet showing what you made using my design, it would be great if you would give the link to your photo page when you write your comment here. Please consider placing a link to my free chart on your page where you show the photo of the item that you made using my chart, so others can know where to find the chart too. Thanks! I appreciate it. ~ Sandi

Vineyard Heart Free Cross Stitch Chart - Grapes and Leaves in a Heart Shape

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.gov

For an example of this chart worked in cross stitch on aida cloth, see here.

Big and Little Hearts Decorated Window Free Cross Stitch Chart

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 Marshall, copyright 2008 by Sandi Marshall. Per copyright law, do not put this chart or my photo 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.gov