Butterfly Design

Simple stylised butterfly design from About.com.

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Christmas Pudding

Super-quick Christmas pudding pattern for cards, gift tags and decorations.

Delicate Fairy

The perfect addition to any little girl's room.

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Counted Cross Stitch Tutorial

All Free Crafts have a great counted cross stitch tutorial to get beginners started off.

And over at Patterns Patch, there's a helpful stitch guide covering all sorts of embroidery stitches.

So now there's no excuse for not having a go!

Dragon Treasure

Fantastic dragon design, which could easily be stitched as a doorplate for a childs' bedroom.

-Just replace the motto with their name!

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Pink Rose in Bloom

Pretty pink rose blossom that you could frame or add as an embellishment to the corner of a plain tablecloth.

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Stackable Cats

Adorable cat cross stitch, which would look even better with some grey backstitch around the different cats.

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Wedding Sampler

An original gift idea for a lovely couple, or a keepsake treasure to commemorate your own wedding.

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Christmas Snowman

Cute country-inspired snowman cross stitch.

I think it would look especially effective on a cushion.

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Basket of Eggs

This smart blue & white design would look great framed in the kitchen, repeated as a border on a tea towel or gracing the back of an oven mitt.

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KG Chart - Free Design Software

Like to have a try at creating your own cross stitch patterns?

I designed the fleur de lys pattern from earlier this week using this free software.  It was easy to use, with pretty good results.

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Fleur de Lys

Symbol of the worldwide scouting movement.

Embellish your little scouts' bag and  jacket with this iconic design.

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Michael Jackson in Memorium

Alita at alitadesigns.com has created this pattern in memory of the late Michael Jackson.

Stitched in white thread on black aida cloth.

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Uncle Sam in the Round

For all those patriotic US stitchers out there...
Plus, it's kinda cute.

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