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Stitch a Koala, Help a Koala

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We’ve all been saddened by the bushfires in Australia and the terrible toll they are taking on the land and animals. While some people are crafting for the animals, a more efficient course is to raise funds if you can or support causes that are supporting relief efforts.

For instance, Fiddlesticks AU has a pattern for a cross-stitched koala, which she sells for $2.15, with all proceeds on sales in January going to NSW Fire Service, Country Fire Authority VC and other relief agencies. (As of this writing more than $2000 had been raised!)

The pattern uses six colors and comes out to about 2.5 by 3.5 inches on 14-count fabric. Also, it’s just adorable and for a great cause.

[Photo: Fiddlesticks AU.]

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  2. Hiya I’ve payed for your cute koala pattern but can’t find a link to down load. My names Barbara obrey I payed through PayPal. Would you be able to send me a link through email?
    [email protected]
    Hope you can help xx
    Barbara

  5. To answer the questions above: the link to buy on etsy is in the post. It si for a chart not a kit so you use plain cross stitch fabric. It’s not my design or my website so I cannot troubleshoot but you can contact the seller directly through etsy.

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Christmas Ornament Cross Stitch Patterns

The other day I shared some cross stitch patterns with ornaments on them, so this time around I wanted to share cross stitch patterns that you can use as ornaments. It would be fun to do a whole tree in your craft room with cross stitch ornaments, or just add a few to your tree or give them as gifts.

These little quilt inspired cross stitch patterns from Flamingo Toes look like ornaments and fit in 3-inch hoops, which are perfect for hanging on the tree or using to decorate a gift. I love the pastel colors on these but you can use more traditional Christmas colors if you like.

This cute Christmas tree from Lagodargetoshop uses a single color and fits in a 4-inch hoop, but you could make it smaller if you wanted by trimming the last ornaments and gifts from the sides, or just stitch the tree without any other embellishments. Either way it’s a cute addition to your holiday tree.

Stitched Modern has a super cute collection of retro Christmas ornament cross stitch patterns from designer Gera. This is a printed pattern that will be shipped to you. Each pattern is about 40 by 56 stitches, or 2.9 by 4 inches/7.4 by 10 cm on 14 count fabric. To work the whole set you’ll need 20 colors of floss.

These snowflake ornaments from Our Little Handmade Home are each about 2.5 inches/6.4 cm when stitched on 14 count fabric, and they use a single color of floss. They are pretty in red but you could also do white on a blue or black background, or whatever suits your other Christmas tree decorations!

From the description it sounds like this set of vintage style cross stitch characters is presented as one large chart, but the photo from Sampler Antique Stitch shows each of them stitched up as their own little ornament, so it gets included here. You’ll find Santa and snowmen in different poses in this cute collection.

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