Grinchy Freebie

I was feeling mischievous and designed a funny freebie for you. Just a line in the song from How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Don't you think everyone needs a bit of Christmas humor for their tree? 

I stitched the model on Crossed Wing Collection 28 count Rainforest linen, a proper Grichy green with spots. You should have fun and dye a bit of fabric bright green! Once it's dry, stitch the Grinch's description and finish however you like. I finished mine on 3.5 inch metal ornament forms.

Merry Christmas!

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Please email me to receive a copy of the design at daffy-cat AT hotmail DOT com. Tell me the name of the design you are requesting. This one is Grinchy.

Respect my copyright and do not upload my designs to any website or share with other people. Yes, they are free but I still retain copyright.

My designs are published as PDF. You must have the free Adobe Reader installed on your computer to view/print my patterns ~ or a similar PDF viewer.

As always you can click the cat in my sidebar to see my other designs. They are always available for the asking.

Thank you for visiting my blog today!

xox

Lights Reindeer

Before the miracle invention of pre-lit trees we had to first untangle strings of lights and keep them untangled as we wrapped them around the tree. Then we had to re-wrap when there were unlit areas. If you had old-fashioned lights the entire strand would be dark if one lamp was burnt out. Hopefully, you checked the strand before you strung it on the tree! I remember having loads of fun as a child finding the lamp making the mischief! 

This year finds our funny reindeer untangling her lights. It's a good thing none of the lamps are burnt out! 

My Christmas gift to you, my beloved readers. Read below how you can receive a free copy of the pattern.

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Please email me to receive a copy of the design at daffy-cat AT hotmail DOT com. Tell me the name of the design you are requesting. This one is Lights Reindeer.

Respect my copyright and do not upload my designs to any website or share with other people. Yes, they are free but I still retain copyright.

My designs are published as PDF. You must have the free Adobe Reader installed on your computer to view/print my patterns ~ or a similar PDF viewer.

As always you can click the cat in my sidebar to see my other designs. They are always available for the asking.

Thank you for visiting my blog today!

xox

Snowflake Reindeer

Our little reindeer is back again for 2015. This one is looking back over her shoulder at the first snowflake of the season...and it's a BIG one! Hopefully, this giant flake doesn't foretell a miserable winter! Read below how you can receive a copy of the pattern.

I wanted to get this little guy finished and posted early this year. The next few weeks might be unpredictable for me and I'd hate to not have time. I wish you all, my dear friends, many happy stitching days!

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Please email me to receive a copy of the design at daffy-cat AT hotmail DOT com. Tell me the name of the design you are requesting. This one is Snowflake Reindeer.

Respect my copyright and do not upload my designs to any website or share with other people. Yes, they are free but I still retain copyright.

My designs are published as PDF. You must have the free Adobe Reader installed on your computer to view/print my patterns ~ or a similar PDF viewer.

As always you can click the cat in my sidebar to see my other designs. They are always available for the asking.

Thank you for visiting my blog today!

xox

Present Reindeer

Most everyone I know (in the United States) puts their Christmas tree up right after Thanksgiving. Couple that with those that either do the Black Friday Shopping or have already completed their holiday shopping that means it's time to start wrapping presents! Gift wrap needs ribbons and bows and we all know how tricky tying bows can be!

Present Reindeer

My 2014 reindeer seems to be having a bit of trouble with the bow on her gift! A little practice and she will get the knack of it!

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Please email me to receive a copy of the design at daffy-cat AT hotmail DOT com. Tell me the name of the design you are requesting. This one is Present Reindeer.

Respect my copyright and do not upload my designs to any website or share with other people. Yes, they are free but I still retain copyright.

My designs are published as PDF. You must have the free Adobe Reader installed on your computer to view/print my patterns ~ or a similar PDF viewer.

As always you can click the cat in my sidebar to see my other designs. They are all still available for the asking.

Thank you for visiting my blog today!

xox

Tree Reindeer

I cannot believe it's THAT time of year already! How can it be mid-November already? Wasn't it just Valentine's Day? This year has gone by in the blink of an eye.

Many thanks to Mary T. for the inspiration of this design. I hope everyone enjoys our little deer topping the tree with a star this year!

To receive a copy of the design email me at daffy-cat AT hotmail DOT com. Tell me the name of the design you are requesting. This one is "Tree Reindeer." Don't freak out if a couple of days pass before I respond. I work full time and don't always have time to play on the computer. If you don't receive an email from me within a few days, check your spam folder ~ it's probably there.

By the way...I appreciate comments left here for encouragement!

Please respect my copyright and do not upload my designs to any website or share with other people. Yes, they are free but I still retain copyright.

My designs are published as PDF. You must have the free Adobe Reader installed on your computer to view/print my patterns ~ or a similar PDF viewer.

As always, you can click the cat in my sidebar to see my other free cross stitch designs. They are all still available for the asking.

Thank you for visiting my blog today!

xox

To Ruth Anne

Hello Ruth Anne!

I see your many, many messages and emails asking for "permission" to stitch my freebies.

On August 30, I emailed you copies of my freebies. I sent them in reply to the email you sent to me, not from your "Blogger" email. 

Please check your spam folder.

This goes for anyone else that ever asked for freebies too. I don't NOT reply or ever NOT send them.

Spam folders are fabulous...unless the email isn't spam!

Thank you for visiting my blog today!

xox

Star Reindeer

It has become a bit of a Christmas tradition to share a new reindeer design on my blog, hasn't it? Here is the 2012 offering, Star Reindeer. I hope you enjoy stitching her!

To receive a copy of the design email me at daffy-cat AT hotmail DOT com. Tell me the name of the design you are requesting. This one is "Star Reindeer." I appreciate comments left here for encouragement too!

Please respect my copyright and do not upload my designs to any website or share with other people. Yes, they are free but I still retain copyright.

My designs are published as PDF. You must have the free Adobe Reader installed on your computer to view/print my patterns ~ or a similar PDF viewer.

As always, you can click the cat in my sidebar to see my other free cross stitch designs. They are all still available for the asking.

Thank you for visiting my blog today!

xox

Free Apples!

Apples are such pretty fruit. All the different shapes and colors are so enticing. Here is a little freebie for you to enjoy. Stitch on dark fabric:

Or on light fabric:

You could even stitch all the apples the same color if you prefer! The pattern is the same for both light and dark fabric, just a minor adjustment noted in the pattern.

To receive a copy of the design email me at daffy-cat AT hotmail DOT com. Tell me the name of the design you are requesting. This one is "Apples." I appreciate comments left here for encouragement too!

Please respect my copyright and do not upload my designs to any website or share with other people. Yes, they are free but I still retain copyright.

My designs are published as PDF. You must have the free Adobe Reader installed on your computer to view/print my patterns ~ or a similar PDF viewer.

As always, you can click the cat in my sidebar to see my other free cross stitch designs. They are all still available for the asking.

Thank you for visiting my blog today!

xox

Pears

I adore pears. Aren't they just beautiful? I think so anyway! Green ones, yellow or red ones. I find myself very attracted to designs with pears in them. A lot of these are Christmas designs ~ which I cannot resist buying! But I like them all.  Do you like pears?  I hope so... 

...because I have a freebie for you:

In case you like it better on a lighter colored fabric:

To receive a copy of the design email me at daffy-cat AT hotmail DOT com. Tell me the name of the design you are requesting. This one is "Pears." I appreciate comments left here for encouragement too!

Please respect my copyright and do not upload my designs to any website or share with other people. Yes, they are free but I still retain copyright.

My designs are published as PDF. You must have the free Adobe Reader installed on your computer to view/print my patterns ~ or a similar PDF viewer.

As always, you can click the cat in my sidebar to see my other free cross stitch designs. They are all still available for the asking.

Thank you for visiting my blog today!

xox

Ribbon Reindeer

Surprise! This is a freebie I designed as a little thank you gift for putting up with my incessant posting this November while I participated in NaBloPoMo. I can't say thank you enough for reading my blog. You are all a big part of my life and I cherish you.

Ribbon Reindeer

Please email me to receive a copy of the design at daffy-cat AT hotmail DOT com. Tell me the name of the design you are requesting

Respect my copyright and do not upload my designs to any website or share with other people. Yes, they are free but I still retain copyright.

My designs are published as PDF. You must have the free Adobe Reader installed on your computer to view/print my patterns ~ or a similar PDF viewer.

As always you can click the cat in my sidebar to see my other designs. They are all still available for the asking.

Thank you for visiting my blog today!

xox

Stocking Reindeer

Another freebie for my readers! I know this one will excite my Reindeer series fans.

This Santa's helper must be filling a stocking to hang on the mantle. The design has some white stitches so I'd suggest you stitch it on a colored fabric so they will show up. Maybe a tea-dyed? As always if you stitch my designs I really wanna see so let me know!

Stocking Reindeer

Please email me to receive a copy of the design at daffy-cat AT hotmail DOT com. Tell me the name of the design you are requesting.

Respect my copyright and do not upload my designs to any website or share with other people. Yes, they are free but I still retain copyright.

You must have the free Adobe Reader installed on your computer to view/print my patterns ~ or a similar PDF viewer.

As always you can click the cat in my sidebar to see my other designs. They are all still available for the asking.

Thank you for visiting my blog today!

xox



Snow Hop

A free pattern for my readers!

One of the things I love about snow (we have not had any yet) is cute little hopping bird prints. Is there anything sweeter? That was the inspiration for this ornament-sized Christmas design. I hope you like it! 

Snow Hop

Due to finding my designs available for download somewhere OTHER than where I put them, you must email me for a copy. Can you believe someones steals FREE patterns? Go figure. Yes, my designs are FREE but I still retain copyright ~ I still own them. Respect copyright, stitchers!

Off the soapbox.

Anyway, email me if you'd like a copy: daffy-cat AT hotmail DOT com

Thank you for visiting my blog today!

xox

Frightful

It isn't too early for Halloween stitching is it? I didn't think so. It seems as soon as September gets here my fingers start itching for the black, orange, green and purple colors of Halloween stitching! This sometimes leads to designing cross stitch patterns. Isn't that lucky for you? I had a wonderful time creating this little freebie and I even stitched him up. I hope you like him as much as I do!

Frightful Black Cat

To receive a PDF copy of this design please email me at daffy-cat AT hotmail DOT com.  Be sure to tell me which pattern you are requesting!

 

You must have the free Adobe Reader installed on your computer to view/print the pattern (or a similar PDF reader.)

New here? Click the dancing cat under "Daffycat Designs" in my left sidebar to see more of my free cross stitch patterns.

Thank you for visiting my blog today!

xox



A Ladybug Smile

A little freebie for you! I adore ladybugs or ladybirds as they are also known. There is just something about them that captures my heart.

Ladybug Smile

When I went to upload this file to Photomaniak, the site I've always hosted my PDFs on, it was gone! It has a message saying it closed September 1st and the files will be removed. I checked ~ and as of this moment my old freebies are still opening when you click their links. That may change soon! If you want copies of my old patterns and the link doesn't work just email me!

If you would like a copy of this design please email me at: daffy-cat AT hotmail DOT com (remove spaces and replace CAP words with their symbols) or click the email link in my profile. Tell me the name of the design you are requesting!
I may get backed up replying to emails ~ you never know how popular a freebie will be ~ but I won't ignore a request. If you don't hear from me within a few days: double-check the address you sent the request to, check your spam folder and then email me again.

Thank you for visiting my blog today!

xox

Do You Know the Muffin Man?

I shamelessly stole this photo from Bec's blog, Bec's Cross Stitch Creations, to introduce you to a new-to-me blogger! Everybody knows the Muffin Man but Bec is still kinda new around here. I met Bec when her photo appeared in my followers gadget. Of course, seeing someone new I had to go investigate. She had a lovely blog and even a couple of followers but no one had left any comments! How very sad. I went to fix that right quick! I clicked her comment link and tried to comment but nothing. No worky at all. A common Blogger bug and easily fixable...if you can contact the owner! Thankfully, Bec had an email available for me to use. I told her of the problem and how to fix it and fired that off. A few minutes later I got a reply saying she fixed it and a nice post appeared later, thanking me publicly. I've since enjoyed getting to know this sweet girl who stitches amazingly huge pictures and she's even started designing! The silly cow picture I stole is actually a freebie she has shared! Go meet her!

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Now this story does have another motive as well...

more Blog Stuff You Should Do:

#1 add an email to your blog! Now, some of you are really nervous about doing that, I know. You are thinking, " What if I get weirdos contacting me? I don't want everyone to see my email address!" Which brings me to a warning: add an email address but don't use the address you use to sign in to your blogger account! Keep that one a secret, please. Create an email account just for use on your blog and one you won't mind "throwing away" if you do indeed get weirdos emailing you. There are many free email hosts out there ~ find one and use it! Don't want to have to check yet another account every day? Don't bother, just check it whenever you update your blog or go check on your blog. Trust me, this is a good thing! If Bec hadn't had her email visible she would still be wondering why nobody liked her!

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How do you add an email? at the top of your dashboard (or your design page) there is a link that's called "My Account" click that...find "Blogger Settings" click that word "Settings" and scroll to the Identity section, there you will find a place to add an email. You will see that it says "Changing this does not change the e-mail address you use to sign-in." Now scroll back up and check the "Show my email address" box. Save your settings and you should be all set!

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And yet one more tip!

#2 Change your comment form to the pop out type!

Why? There are several reasons! It does fix the bug that prevents people from commenting such as in Bec's case. Plus, it's much easier for people to leave a comment on your blog. You like comments, right? I know I do! I like leaving comments too, and I leave a lot of them! You want to streamline the process as much as possible so people can leave their comment quickly with as little fuss as possible. There are lots of blogs I visit that require several clicks to leave a comment and the entire freakin' blog page has to load every time! If it's too much hassle people are more apt to go on to read the next blog instead of waiting for your blog page to load over and over.

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Another benefit to the pop-out form is people don't leave your main page. So they might read yet another post and comment on that one as well.

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It's easy to change your comment form: Settings ~ Comments ~ Comment form placement ~ and choose "pop-up window" ~ save.

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I hope no one is offended by my amateur Blogger tips. I'm not trying to be a know-it-all! My only desire is to be helpful!

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Thank you for visiting my blog today!

xox

Mistletoe Reindeer

This one is for Barbie who bitches incessantly asks sweetly about a new reindeer every time I turn around! Just kidding there, Barbi! Inspiration finally arrived, if leaving it a little late ~ since Christmas is just around the corner! But he will be quick to stitch and will match my other reindeer, if you have already stitched them. I didn't wait to post this freebie until I stitched it myself or you'd be waiting too long...I am not the Queen of Slow Stitching for nothing, you know!

Introducing:

Mistletoe Reindeer

I think perhaps this little guy didn't duck far enough when he passed under the mistletoe or maybe he's only waiting for a pretty doe to notice him?

Please email me to receive a copy of the pattern at: daffy-cat AT hotmail DOT com. Put "freebie request" in the subject line and tell me the title(s) of the pattern(s) you are requesting.

You must have the free Adobe Reader installed on your computer to view/print the pattern, or a similar PDF viewer.

If you'd like to see my other free cross stitch designs, including the matching reindeer, click the kitty cat in my sidebar!

Thank you for visiting my blog today!

xox

She's Crazy

You all know who she is (or someone just like her.) She's the one who starts impossibly huge projects then has the nerve to complete them. She makes wild plans and pulls them off. She even makes you laugh uncontrollably with the funniest writing. You love her because she brightens your days. But she's crazy. And that's all there is to it. Back in the day lunatics were put away in bedlam. However, a crazy stitchy friend is a different bird altogether!

With my crazy friend in mind, I designed this freebie.

Stitched it up on blazing hot pink fabric, which I knew she'd adore. I even dyed the fabric myself. Maybe I'm a little crazy too?

And sewed it into a pinpillow stuffed with walnut shells. This is being mailed off as an RAK to my crazy friend. I hope she likes it!

This RAK went to

Missy Ann of Deep Inside Missy!
(Post edited to remove link to a now defunct blog.)

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If you would like to stitch Raven Lunatic email me for a copy at: daffy-cat AT hotmail DOT com. Please, put "freebie request" in the subject line and tell me the title(s) of the pattern(s) you are requesting.

You must have the free Adobe Reader program installed on your computer to view/print the pattern, or a similar PDF viewer.

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Thank you for visiting my blog today!

xox

I Believe...

...do you? I hope you enjoy this little freebie pattern I created. It stitches up very quickly...I'm slow and I was able to stitch it within an hour or so. Click the link below the picture to save your copy. Remember to send me a picture if you stitch it!

 Believe

If you would like to stitch Believe please email me at: daffy-cat AT hotmail DOT com to receive a PDF copy of the design. Tell the the name of the freebie you are requesting!



You must have the free Adobe Reader program installed on your computer to view/print the pattern.

I was able to finish the stitching part of my exchange project. Now, it needs finish~finishing. This one is for the exchange host and I can't decide how I want to do it! I also started my Snapper Year block for November. And...I really need to get caught up on all your blog posts! If it isn't one thing after another! Oh, and Barbi? I'm really just waiting for inspiration on that reindeer...

Thank you for visiting my blog today!

xox

I Fight Like A Girl

Okay, so Breast Cancer Awareness Month was October, which was last month. So, I'm late. But it's usual for me to come up with stuff after the fact...

I hope you like my freebie design to support Breast Cancer Awareness. If you like this design, please make a donation to a breast cancer organization for research or support. Save those ta-tas!

I fight like a girl

To receive a PDF copy of the pattern email me at: daffy-cat AT hotmail DOT com. Tell me the name of the pattern you are requesting.

You must have the free Adobe Reader program installed on your computer to view/print the pattern.

If you stitch this...won't you let me know? I would really love to see a picture of your creation!

Thank you for visiting my blog today!

xox

Reindeer finish

I've been doing a bit of finishing here and there. My Holly Reindeer looks quite spiffy made up as a pillow ornament, doesn't she? I used the red swirl fabric for the back and stuffed lightly with fibrefill. Aren't those swirls perfect for antlers like that? A rustic bow of jute made the hanger.

Design ~ Holly Reindeer

Designer ~ Me! Daffycat Designs

Fabric ~ 28 count tea-dyed scrap

Fiber ~ DMC

My Uncle Jack was down this month visiting from Nova Scotia. We were able to go out for a late lunch with him and my parents. Holly Reindeer went home with my uncle. I received a nice thank you note from my Aunt Ruth in return!

This design is still available as a freebie. See this post here. Or click on the cat in my sidebar to see the rest of my free designs.

Thank you for visiting my blog today!

xox