"Luv Ewe" A Barnyard Valentine Freebie

 Happy  Tuesday ! A few nights ago,  I was laying in bed and thinking about a quilt that I am stalled on. It is a sheep quilt which is  appliqued. This quilt was started  last year but came to an abrupt stop when a squirrel passed my way, and I began a new project. 

                                    

 As I was pondering on what should be my next quilt block,  all of a sudden two sheep holding a banner flashed in my head. No not as a quilt block but as a cross stitch. After stewing over it for a day, I finally decided to chart  the sheep .

                    

 Since it is nearing Valentine's,  I thought why not add some hearts and the banner  should say "LOVE". Then I thought " If I have the sheep, I have to add some chickens."

                

 Now the hen and rooster could not be out done by the "banner toting sheep" so they had to have a banner as well. Theirs is just one big heart.

 My heart is leaping over this Barnyard Valentine.  

I bet you have figured out that I am drawn to smalls. This one measures 55 W x 37 H. I stitched mine on 14 count tea/coffee dyed aida which brought the measurement to 3 7/8" x 2 5/8" . See not big at all-  but big on cuteness - or at least in my eyes. 

I used  only 6 DMC floss colors; they include blanc, 310, 782, 3345, 223, and 221. 

I finished mine into a little pillow with some homespun and vintage lace. 

If you would like to stitch this little Barnyard Valentine, just check out the pdfs below. I'm not tech savvy so each page is put on a separate page and unfortunately they may print off light. I apologize. 

For instruction page, click  here  . 

For colored chart, click  here  . 

For the black and white chart,  click here . 

After finishing Luv Ewe into a little pillow, I eyed a 5 " scrap piece of white fabric and decided to do a little redwork. I quickly drew out a little sheep and hen, grabbed some DMC 304 and got to work. In less than an hour, I had a Redwork Luv Ewe embroidered using a back stitch.  I then finished it into a little pillow as well. 

Click here for  Luv  Ewe  doodle. 

Thank you so much for checking out my little stitch. Now that these little sheep worked out in cross stitch, I think they will be making an appearance on my sheep quilt.   Have a wonderful day and as always...

Happy stitching, ya'll

Melisa  

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