Scandinavian Style Chart

This is from CrossStitcher magazine's free set of Christmas card charts for 2008.

This wasn't so quick to sew, but I really like the style, it's not super chrismassy so I might do others in black or purple, or maybe gold on black.

Joyous Greetings Chart

This is from CrossStitcher magazine's free set of Christmas card charts for 2008.

I like this style and will probably do more, maybe in red or green.

WIP Butterflies and Blossoms

I don't often do cross stitch, I find most of the patterns kitsch and it's slower to work than blackwork. But once in a while I come across something that I like and this time it was a kit from the front of UK magazine CrossStitcher.



It's nearly finished (I'm not doing the butterfly) but i used 2 strands for the outlike instead of one so I need to buy more thread and haven't got round to it yet.

This kit is an example of a pattern designed by a Bangladeshi group called Swajan for Traidcraft.



www.crossstitchermagazine.co.uk

www.traidcraftshop.co.uk