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Thursday, January 8, 2026

Winter Small Freebie

 Hello Sunshine! Rise and Shine! It is a  beautiful winter's morn. I just wanted to pop in to show you my  newest easy peasy quick  stitch. This is called Winter Small.

 Now this is  a super simple winter stitch with a teeny snowman. A perfect piece to fill a wooden bowl with winter goodness . Don't ya' think?  

To finish it, I gathered some black gingham ribbon from the Dollar Tree and some red snowflake fabric from my stash. 


I tacked the ribbon by sewing it along the sides. 


I also made a bow from the ribbon and added a wooden snowflake. 


I then sewed it in place. Now it is ready to be sewn into a little winter pillow and then snuggled in a bowl filled with winter stitches. 



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If you are interested in stitching this piece,  just grab , the images. For printing tips, refer to the post Tips for Printing which has loads of tips from my sweet friends. 

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I finished the embroidery work on Winter Checklist which I shared as a freebie  in my November 27, 2025 post. I will be adding the border soon. 

Well I am off to see what else I can get into. Late last night, I posted "Cross stitches of 2025 End of the Year Review" in a back dated post ( December 30, 2025) if you would like to see the freebie cross stitch parade of 2025, just hop over for a lookie.  Thank you so much for the sweet visit. Have a beautiful day! 

As Always...


Happy  Stitching and Quilting,

 y'all

Melisa 

"Create something beautiful. " 

Hugs and Stitches!!!!🤗🧵❤

Dedicated to my dear sister, Amy. I love and miss you so much.. Love you , Amo. 

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🌞A Sunny Sunflower Parade for 2025 A parade of sunflower freebies up to July 24, 2025
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🌞 A Parade of Stamps 2025  A parade of stamp cross stitch design freebies up to August 14, 2025

🌞Time to Dye-  2024 post on how I tea/ Coffee Dye my fabric. 
🌞Pin Pillow Tutorial - 2023 post on how I finish my pin pillows with chenille trim. 
🌞A Spooky Parade - Halloween freebies up to October  4, 2025. More Halloween pieces followed this date.
🌞Turkey Struttin' Thanksgiving Parade 2025- Thanksgiving freebies up to the date of November 3, 2025. More Thanksgiving freebies followed  this date. 
🌞Ho! Ho! Ho! Christmas Parade Of Previous Freebies- 2025- A Parade of Christmas Freebies up to the date of November 15, 2025. More Christmas Freebies followed this date. 
🌞A Chilly Parade of Winter Stitches 2025- A parade of Winter themed freebies up to the date of Dec. 21, 2025
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I don't think I ever showed you my Mini Santa Sampler all finished.  I made it into a little pin pillow with some bits of gingham , lace and a wooden button.  Diann at Little Penguin Quilts shared her beautiful stitch and finish of her Mini Santa Sampler  last Saturday. Oh my, was it cute! She used variegated thread for Santa and green for the letters. I do hope you pop over to see hers and her newest snowman embroidery she is working on . Thank you Diann. ❤🤗


20 comments:

  1. Hi, another nice design. Like it.
    Hugs, Gabi

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  2. Winter is fabulously wonderful. I love to revisit other designs, as well. I've been looking for the Mini Bunny sampler and I can't seem to find. I'll keep searching. LOL Big Winter Hugs, DarleneJ

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  3. Well duh - I found it and a few others. LOL DarleneJ

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  4. Thanks for sharing this lovely inspiration, Melisa!
    Have a great day!
    Hugs

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  5. Loving all your patterns, as always Melisa, definitely off to search out a scrap of tea dyed Aida for this lovely Winter one. Thank you for the inspiration, and especially for showing how you finished it. Hugs and kisses, keep well and stitching, lots of love Barbara @flashinscissors. 🙋‍♀️😘🤗👍💕💕💕☃️xxx

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  6. Thank you for the winter pattern and the ideas to finish something !

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  7. Winter is very pretty! And thank you for the Santa sampler! Blessings!

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  8. What a cutie this one is. . .the font for Winter is great and the snowflakes are a great touch!--TerryK@OnGoingProjects

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  9. What an adorable winter piece, Melisa! Winter Checklist looks awesome.

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  10. Super sweet winter design. Thanks for sharing.

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  11. I love your cross stitch and the way you framed it! That is going to make a darling pillow.

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  12. Very pretty mini cross stitch. Very pretty finish, the black and red work so well.

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  13. The newest winter cross-stitch pattern is a cutie and you have a nice pillow finish underway. I look forward to reading your end of year review.

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  14. You are providing another temptation, love it!!

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  15. winter Checklist is really so adorable, Melisa...love your Snowman...looks like he's trying to remember all those things on the list;))) hugs, Julierose

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  16. Thank you for this new Winter cross stitch. I have already printed it out and hope to stitch it soon. I will do the same for the Santa cross stitch too.

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  17. Both are adorable, Melisa. I love bowl stuffers.

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  18. I love how your Santa sampler is finished, Melisa - the gingham and lace are so cute! And thank you for featuring my Santa, too - I enjoyed every stitch. The Winter design is lovely, too - thanks for sharing it!

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  19. I have been reading your blogs for a few years now. Love them. So nice tohave your wonderful joyous blogs Ihave made many of your cross stitch patterns. So cute and make gifts for my family and friends. Thank you so much!

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