Stitch these four festive designs, in trendy shades of navy blue and mint green. This set features a polar bear, a Christmas tree, an owl and a Christmas stocking, and it’s beautifully enhanced with beads, metallic threads and special stitches. Each design fits in a frame with a 10 x 10 cm (4 x 4 inches) aperture. SKILLS: Intermediate STITCH COUNT: 50 x 50 stitches (for each design) STITCHED SIZE (when using 32ct fabric): 8 x 8 cm (3″ x 3″) CHARTED WITH: Zweigart 32ct linen DMC stranded cotton Rainbow Gallery Petite Treasure Braid Mill Hill beads CONTENTS: a detailed shopping list a key to the symbols used a special stitch tutorial (beads, French knot, rice stitch) a printable thread card for this design colour charts (cross-stitch only / all stitches) a hybrid chart (black & white cross-stitch with colour backstitch and special stitches) a finishing tutorial to assemble this project ALTERNATIVE IDEAS: Frame them in a small box frame with a protective glass, and use them as festive coasters. Use this tutorial to finish them into pretty Greeting cards. Make them into baubles: stitch each design twice, and use this tutorial to finish them into double sided mini biscornus to hang in your Christmas tree. Just make sure you stop short of adding a button/bead in the centre of the biscornus.
