Dear Friends,
We are ready for the beginning of a new free alphabet set. This is country charm at its best with a free cross stitch alphabet. We will continue it as before with a new letter being released each week.
This week is special as not only will you receive the letter “a” but also the “heart” design. By the way, these designs fit in your 4 x 4 hoop.
I have turned my alphabet into a quilt but these designs would look sweet on towels, tote bags or other items that you wish to put a monogram on.
I won’t have quilting directions here as there are thousands on the internet. I just came up with my own design. I will tell you that I used 1 pack of charm squares and two packs of mini charm squares. They are called “Strawberry Fields” from Moda. I stitched each letter of the alphabet as well as two of the heart designs. Once stitched, I cut those down to 5″ square which is the size of the charm squares. I cut the mini charm squares into fourths and them mixed them up and re-stitched together for the little patchwork squares. For sashing I used what I found on hand and cut strips 2 1/2″ wide. I bought 1/3 yard matching fabric for the green border and 1/2 yard for the red border. For the backing, I used something I had on hand.
One more thing, I knew this would be a wall quilt so I added the buttons for just a bit of fun charm. If it was going to be a lap quilt or a quilt for a baby, I’d have left them off.
If you choose to turn your cross stitch letters into a quilt, I encourage you to be creative or look through your patterns. No matter how you decide to use these letters, I would love to see a picture of what you create!
Enjoy everyone,
Nancy
be creative daily and live life beautifully.
This alphabet is sew cute!! I can see sew many uses–gift towels, burp pads, beach tote bags, wedding party gift bags–on and on! Thank you!!!
Thanks SO much Nancy for the new designs. I just love the way you’ve incorporated the buttons with the cross stitch. It really gives an ‘old-fashioned’ a fresh new look. Do hope the word is spreading quickly as your site is great.
Warmest regards and many hugs
Julie
This quilt is really nice. How do I get the cross stitch file.
Thank you Mags,
Just go to the home page of Embroidery It and scroll down almost to the bottom. You will see the pictures there and the link is in the text just to the right of the photos.
Hugs,
Nancy
I can’t wait to get started. Yet another alphabet I can not resist. Thank you xx
Thank you Christine!
Such a cute quilt idea. Thank you for sharing your alphabet with us. I have a question about a measurement. You say that you trimmed your letter blocks down to 5.5 inches to be the same size as the charm squares. I thought that the charm squares are 5 inches. Would love some clarification on this.
Ok Sandra, I had to go double check and you are so right! I don’t know what I was thinking and will change the blog post. I did trim the letters down to 5″ squares and the finished size of the blocks is 4 1/2″ square with 1/4″ seam allowance.
Thanks for keeping me on my toes!
Hugs!
Nancy
I cannot find a link to download the cross stitch free monogram letters. I am new to this and need help
Hi Julie,
On the Embroidery It home page, just scroll down to almost the bottom. You will see the photos of the letter a and the heart. The link is in the text right beside the photos.
Hugs!
Nancy
I love this new alphabet. I use ART format with my machine. So I need to find out what format to use. I have Bernina software and I think it will convert another format, but not sure what to use and how to do this. Any help please. I will talk to my Bernina dealer also.
Hi Kathie,
Yes please talk to your Bernina dealer and maybe other Bernina users can chime in here with what they use. Bernina has restricted digitizing software companies from using the ART format. That is why so many digitizers have difficulty producing designs in ART format. My digitizing software doesn’t give me the option for ART. I’m so sorry 🙁
Nancy