I designed and stitched this pattern years ago. I got the inspiration for it from the Mario t-shirt Katie (Katydid Stitches/Crafty Peacock Stitchery) wore in her FlossTube episode 9 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkpY7iErK4o).
I chose to use DMC Etoile floss for the pattern. Some of the colors ended up not having the contrast I would have liked, so I have listed alternate options in the pattern. I planned to use this pattern as a freebie for newsletter subscribers, but I never got the newsletter up and going.
As I prepared for ways to celebrate 10 years since I released my first patterns in March 2016 (owl bookmarks), I decided to release this as a freebie for everyone. When I pulled up the pattern that I had put together, I saw that the copyright date on it was 2023. I also realized that not all the finishing tutorials I listed were still available, so I updated the pattern.
You can download this free pattern here:
Lazy Daisy
When I stitched the pattern, I used a lazy daisy stitch for the eye of the needle. Here is a tutorial that shows how to do a lazy daisy stitch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yo5Le1uiZY4. There are many other tutorials available as well.
Fully Finishing
When I did the fully finishing, I used tutorials from Carolyn Mazzeo and Vonna Pfeiffer.
You can find the Carolyn Mazzeo Tutorial here: https://youtu.be/GKH6_1pTits?si=E3xQaZcAWdNrsLkh
And here is a link to a tutorial from Helen D: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAtMFmCilks&t=1s
You can also see a variety of tutorials on ways to finish cross-stitch projects here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPSkQ_VuPbo_X1QwvhbeCtZ0PFdEGD5Em&si=uJTeNranvUug5Hcx
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