Cross Stitch Links
Here are some links to great sites and free patterns that I think are worth chasing up…..
Jenny Rasmussen's Birds and Butterflies Cross-Stitch Page.
Jenny has lots of free patterns and if you join her mailing list she tells you when she's updated her site.
Dragon Dreams -Counted Cross Stitch Designs by Jennifer Aikman-Smith
Jennifer has lots of cute dragon and mythical charts through the Free Charts button on this page and she is also featured on Cross Stitch at About.com. Here there are dragonlet charts for each month and dragonlet alphabet charts.
IPS Crafts - free Mad March Hare Chart.
Lots of Alice in Wonderland Cross Stitch.
One of the best Link Lists covering UK stitching sites that I've found and it's updated regularly. Also with their own freebies page.
Carrie's Free Cross-Stitch Charts.
A really big range of designs & alphabets - also tools to help you cross stitch- regularly updated.
Cameo Roze's Stitcher's Studio.
You'll find loads of information, tips and techniques and a big list of links to Free Charts in her Classifieds section.
Mufu's Rabbitry & Cross Stitch.
There are loads of weird & wonderful free patterns here.
A chart for every month of 1999 so far and a new one each month - really innovative designs.
Aon Celtic Art and Illumination Page.
Some amazing free cross-stitch Celtic designs.
Celtic Cross Stitch's on-line chart generator
Allows you to type the text of your choice and generates the chart for you.
Vermillion Stitchery's Holiday Animal Series 1999.
Cute charts - one for every month.
Milestone Designs - Monthly Free Celtic Patterns Page
Sign up for an e-mail reminder every time new free designs are added. Great simple beautiful patterns
Crafts Unlimited Free Monthly Minichart.
Just Click on the Free Minichart icon.
About.com's Cross Stitch Front Page……
Loads of links to free charts, shopping sites and chat forums.
Lots of free charts by Tracy to download for your own use
A good selection of free charts in sampler style. Adobe Acrobat Reader Required.
Kathy Dyer's Needlework and Cross Stitch Page
Lots of Links, Information and Forums. Very, Very Useful!!!!!
Lazy Daisy free chart "Have a Quacking Time" .
A cute free chart, go to the Home page of the site to view charts available to buy.
Go into each of the Pattern series, a lot of the smaller patterns are free to download.
Cartmel Part 1 free design pattern and Cartmel Part 2 free design pattern. Nick and Ann specialise in Celtic designs and Charles Rennie Mackintosh Designs. I have to admit I have an obsession with Charles Rennie Mackintosh, who was an architect and designer in Scotland at the turn of the last century…. Eventually I will dedicate part of this website to him!
Loads and loads of designs to chose from - you can also download PCStitch either from here or from Miss Cilla's site to be able to view her designs.
This site contains some great design ideas and free patterns and competitions to win kits.
Offe's designs…. Free bumble bee pattern
Offe also has a Floss database convertor and a pattern size calculator and lots of other great stuff.
Some great free Winnie the Pooh patterns and excellent links…… also penguin pages!
This is a great idea - you can buy a blouse from this company with a built in AIDA panel on the front for stitching.
Lots of free charts…. Adobe Acrobat Reader required.
Craft Designs by Cherie Marie Leck Banner.
Original designs updated regularly…. Well worth a visit.
Some great free designs, especially if you are into cats.
Lots of free projects to download. Adobe Acrobat Reader required.
Mini projects - some using plastic canvas.
Free Designs by Ellen Maurer-Stroh
Lots of really good free designs here including valentines, millennium, birth and greetings patterns.
The Caron Collection freebies page
Hidden away in the archives section are lots more free patterns.
Some free patterns and lots of dragons and other mystical creatures to buy.
Regularly updated free pattern page
Click on the Free Chart button for the free chart!
Jen's Cats, Books and Cross Stitch Site
Loads of free charts - great designs including cats, dragons and greetings cards. Jen is in New Zealand.
Join the mailing list to receive free pattern updates.
Click on the Free Chart Offer logo to join the mailing list and receive a free chart.
Sharon's needlearts stitching page.
Free patterns and loads of information.
Sue's Cross Stitch Freebie Finder.
An excellent regularly updated freebie link site
Register to receive password to log in. Hundreds of free patterns available using Adobe Acrobat Reader. No previews available.
British novelty Button manufacturers. Free chart link at the bottom of the home page.
Links to other free graphs from this page..
Free Patterns can be found in the directory listing on the left-hand side of this page.
Free Patterns are located through the link at the bottom of the page.
Loads of free patterns to download and links to other freebies.
Free Angel patterns.
Margo's Beader Critter Collection.
Not a cross stitch site - but a free pattern site for making beader critters - lots of fun for everyone.
Win-Stitch Cross Stitch Software site
Click on the Freebies button to get some free stitchy software and patterns.
Last, but definitely not least…. Wonderful Stitches
Great on-line pattern to make a Poppy Waistcoat - I was really impressed with this pattern