Cross Stitch for Beginners - A Mother's Day Project

I remember that the very first piece I stitched was a little pattern for Mother's Day. Also, the few stitcheries my daughter ever finished were -and still are- precious gifts for this special day. That's why I thought it could be helpful to post a simple pattern for little girls to start with cross stitching (- of course, little boys are invited too !)

The pattern has 42 stitches in width and 26 stitches in height. Stitched on Aida 16count the pattern will be 2.63 x 1.63 inches (or 6,7 x 4,5 cm). All color numbers refer to DMC color range.

Free Pattern "For Mom" - Step 1 Free Pattern "For Mom" - Finished

How to download the graphics:

I've packed all graphic files required for this project into a zip-file. Save the file to your hard disk. With MS Internet Explorer you should get the download of the zip-file simply by clicking on the underlined link (left mouse button as usual). If this does not work for you, place your cursor on the underlined link of the zip-file you want to save and click on the right mouse button, not the left as usual. A dialog box should come up then. Click on "save file as..." (or maybe "saver target as..."). Then another dialog box should open with your computer information in it. You can now name the file (or accept the existing name) and choosewhere you want your computer to save the file. Unzip the files and open them with your graphic software to print the charts.

Click here to download the file (mom.zip, 115 Kb) of this project.

Note: Feel free to use these instructions for classes, I would be glad if this lesson could help to win new members as a part of our worldwide family of cross stitchers.

Enjoy and Happy Stitching !

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