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Have you visited  FreeXStitchPatterns.com?  Do you like the free patterns you find there?  If so, consider joining our Pattern of the Month Club!

Three levels of membership are available:

Silver – $9.95 per month for 15 patterns!

Gold – $12.95 per month for 20 patterns!

Platinum – same as Gold, but a 9″x13″ hand dyed fabric mailed to you each month as well!

Example patterns can be seen there at FreeXstitchPatterns.com and also at XstitchPatterns.com

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Month 1 Patterns available immediately upon payment!

We’re working up some new colors and we hope you will enjoy them! We’ll try to have them listed by the end of the weekend.

We’ve got tentatively 4 new Classics colors and 2-4 new Expressions as well. And course, everything will be available in opalescent too!

Follow the link in the menu above to our Ebay auctions where you just might find a sneak peak of some of our samples! (If they haven’t been already purchased).

Happy Stitching!

Bird in the Pines Cross Stitch Pattern - FREE

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This pattern is Bird In the Pines and measures about 15″x20″ when stitched on 14 or 28 count fabric.

Click here to go straight to the post page.  Enjoy!

Finished Size:
28 count Lugana or other evenweave: 8.6″x11.4″
Stitch Count: 121×160
DMC Colors: 18

ENJOY!

I’ve been busy working on an extra batch of Solos this weekend.   I’m not 100% sure what time they will be ready, but it will probably be late this evening (Saturday).  Maybe I’ll list them very late for stitchers out of the US.  Any thoughts?  Anyone itching for Solos?

This batch is all 13″x18″ size and includes 14ct Aida, some 28 and 32ct lugana opal, 32ct belfast opal, and 36ct linen.

Most of the colors are bright/deep colors – purples/blues, deep pinks/corals, etc.

Wow!  Every year the Showcase gets better and better!    This year we had nearly 500 entries.

Our panel of over 30 judges did a fantastic job.  I’m glad that I didn’t have to pick!  I know that one day, I would see a project and think “Oh, that’s my favorite”, but then another day, I would see another one that was my “favorite”.

Each and every single project that’s entered represents a true work of art.  Whether small, medium, or large, each project has a stitcher behind it.  From carefully picking a complimentary fabric/pattern combination to crossing each “X”, they are all winners!

For the 2009 competition, our judges have selected the following winners: Read the rest of this entry »

To be announced this weekend…

We are rounding up our final bits of judging today.  Assuming there are no ties that need to be resolved, we’ll have the winners posted by Sunday evening (US time).  The judges are doing an excellent job.  They have really had a tough task to choose winners among so many fabulous entries!

Also, we’ll plan to release the finalist pages tomorrow (Saturday!).

Stay tuned!

This week’s Color of the Week will be one that you will not want to miss.  For a limited time, July 21 through 27, we are going to bring back one of our most popular discontinued colors. And, what’s more, it will be at the usual color of the week discounted price. Can you guess which color it will be?

If anyone leaves a comment and get this correctly, I will confirm it.

You’ll certainly not want to miss it.

The Flying Cloud

Who doesn’t like free cross stitch patterns, right?

Visit www.XstitchPatterns.com to download “The Flying Cloud” free for one week only.

Valid July 17-23 only.

Also, you’ll see that the other patterns in that category are 1/2 price at the same time.

This pattern is rather large, with a stitch count of 366×258 (which means a finished size of 27″x19″ on 14 or 28 count fabric).  The detail in this pattern is stunning, which you can see by the many different shades of blue in the water!  Although this design is large, it is made up of only full cross stitches, so no fractionals or backstitching.

Visit www.xstitchpatterns.com to get this free pattern.

And here’s another beautiful cross stitch pattern for free:

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Hello stitchers,

We’ve just recently introduced 2 new websites that you will want to visit and bookmark for future reference. The first is www.belfastlinen.com which is an information site about Belfast linen.  Included are color swatches, DMC references, and some detailed information about Belfast linen.  Also available, are all standard colors (non hand dyed) for purchase at very competitive prices.  The other site is www.cashellinen.net, and you guessed it… is all about Cashel Linen.  You can visit the sites by either the clickable links above or by clicking the images below.

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