A Chicken Sledding? A Christmas in July Freebie

Are you participating in Jolly July and getting in some Christmas stitching? I plan on doing a little. Last year, I worked on a lot of Christmas projects in July, but this year I decided to make it a little simpler and do one big project and some small ornaments.  I LOVE Christmas and come November 1st ( maybe sooner) Christmas trees will be popping up all over my house. I love to do themed trees and have been wanting to do a farm themed one for years. Lol I  have a farm so why do I not have a farm tree? So among the many farm ornaments I am  currently working on, I decided to try to chart some of my own and the first one is called "Chicken Sled". I thought maybe all of  you "farm themed" cross stitchers might want to stitch it  and add to your Winter farm decor too.  Now remember, I am not a professional designer ; I am learning and playing with charting and am  loving every minute of it.  

 This design is a small at only 31 x 31. I stitched 2 in a few hours.

Both were stitched on 14 count aida, but one was on tea/coffee dyed aida while the other was stitched on Emerald green Rit dyed aida. 

The first one, I stitched as an ornament and finished it on foam board. I attached it onto 2 fabric covered pieces of foam board . The trim is jute twine from the Dollar Tree that I tripled, twisted, and glued in place. I added a raffia bow ( raffia from the Dollar Tree) ,  some greenery and called it a finish. 

The 2nd one was an experiment using the Rit Emerald green dye, and I think I like it. I finished it the same way, but the trim is homespun twisted and glued in place. The stand is from the Dollar General for only $4.00. 

I hope you consider stitching this little guy, and if you do, I would love to see it. Of course you can change it up to however you would like it.  As always ... 
Happy Stitching ya'll
Melisa
If you have trouble printing it, just direct message me on Instagram and I will see what I can do. I only know how to scan the charts and enter them right now.