Winter Saltbox Freebie

Happy Wednesday! A perfect way to start the day is with a winter freebie. Don't you agree? I always love freebies whether they are cross stitch, quilt patterns, or embroidery. 

 Do you know what else I love? I absolutely love stitching houses. Whenever we go riding around the neighborhood or go camping, I enjoy looking at other people's homes. I love to see how they have their porch decorated or their yard landscaped or get ideas for a dream addition that will never be .  Lol do you do that?  Down the road  from my home is a little blue house that sits way back in the field . It is so pretty ; it was originally yellow which was even lovelier. I thought of that home as I created this little stitch. 

My little saltbox is lit up on this winter day . The fire has the chimneys smoking as a large snowman stands guard outside. A group of cardinals are all that is out, and one has found the perfect resting spot on the snowman's hat.  

 This stitch is a small measuring 69 w x 70 H . I stitched mine on 14 count coffee/tea dyed aida  which brought the measurement to  4 7/8" x 5" .  

I used what flosses I had on hand which were DMC. The colors used were 931, blanc, 3371, 3345, 221, 898, 782, 311, 414, and 301. 

Here it is with a little transferware. The winter blues are so pretty. 

 The little Prim Winter Tag was a freebie in a previous post .  I finished it on a Dollar General wooden tag that I painted and distressed. 

I would be plumb tickled if you decided to put this little chart on your future stitch list. If you are interested, just check out the pdfs below. I am sorry if they print up light in color. I am just creating for fun and am not a professional designer. 

 For the instruction page, click here . 

                 

For the colored chart, click here .

                     

For the black and white chart, click here . 

For letters, click here . 

These are the letters that I used in one of my previous saltbox houses. I sort of stylized my initials when I stitched the Winter Saltbox . You could easily do the same. 

Have you seen the other salt box houses ? Just click on the names to visit the posts about them.  Crow Creek Saltbox, Ophelia Manor on Punkin Holler Lane ,  Willowisp Manor of Holler Lane. 

Well, I hope you have a lovely Winter Wednesday. Thank you so much for visiting. Your sweet visits always brighten this gal's day.  As always...

Happy Stitching, ya'll

Melisa

I would be thrilled to see your stitches. If you post them on Instagram , please tag me using #pinkernpunkinquilting and you can always Direct Message. Have a Beautiful Day!

And remember- YOu are AWESOME!