Hanging the Star- Barnyard Christmas

 Hello , dear friends. Come on in and let's talk Christmas. To tell the truth , I am counting down the days to when I put up my first tree. Can you believe 70 more days till Christmas? 

 When do you put up your  Christmas tree? I put  up my 1st tree on November 1st. I do have to admit, I am ready to put up the tree now. Whenever I start seeing all the pretty decor in the stores, I get so pumped for the season. 

Today I am sharing the 11th ornament in the Barnyard Christmas series. This piece is called "Hanging the Star" . A sweet ewe, pig and chicken have all joined together  to top the tree with the Christmas star as they celebrate this special  holy night. 

This is stitch measures the same as the others in the series with a design size of 31 x 31 . I stitched 2 of these on 14 count aida. On fabric of this size, the stitch measured  2 1/4' X 2 1/4". A great little stitch to use up those scraps of fabric. 

Here the ornaments are paired with another freebie called Farm Sweet Farm. You can find it by clicking the name .

 I stitched one  on coffee/ tea dyed aida. 

The 2nd ornament was stitched  on Rit Emerald Green aida .  

If you would like to stitch "Hanging the Star" , check out the pdfs below. 

For the  instruction page pdf, click here . 

For the colored chart pdf,  click here . 

NOTE: If you use the colored chart , remember the colors on the chart are not good representations of the floss colors. Sometimes the symbols are difficult to see using the colored chart so I  have provided the black and white chart too. I am not a professional designer nor do I  have "professional equipment "to work off of, but I  am doing this for fun. So please enjoy. 

Fort the black and white pdf, click here  .

If you have missed any of the other ornaments, you can click on the names below and you will be sent to the previous posts. Some are in pdf form; some are not. 

Chicken Sled,  Santa's Ride ,  Special Delivery , Christmas Barn, Christmas Bucket, Christmas Tractor , Santa on the Farm,  Mrs. Claus on the Farm , The Stockings Were Hung ,  and Santa's Visit

I hope you decide to add "Hanging the Star" to your Christmas decor. I can not wait to add mine to the tree. Thank you so much for visiting me and for all of  the support, inspiration,  and encouragement you all give me. As always...

Happy stitching, ya'll

Melisa

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