Button Up Birdies 3 - Ornaments - Counted Cross Stitch Pattern - PDF Download

Collect all 12 of Cathy Jean's new monthly ‘Button-up Birdies’, and by next year your Christmas tree will be covered with these adorable ornaments! The March House Finch is getting ready to settle down to domestic bliss as he builds his nest in the March rain. The sixth Birdie is an April Robin with her little blue eggs. The Forsythia is blooming over her head, and she’s just so happy that it’s Spring now. What a wonderful birdie to make you think of warmer weather!

All Button-up Birdie ornaments are quick and easy to stitch so you can use them for other gifts as well. They are designed with gentle overdyed cottons and many different silks in soft shades. Stitch the dozen and use them in a quilt or wall hanging! Finish the way you see, or use your own imagination!

 Collect ALL TWELVE.. watch for the next chart with two more birdies!

March House Finch

• Design area: 47h x 32w (3.3”high x 2.3” wide)
• Model: 28ct Cashel Linen, 'Dirty Linen'
• Cut fabric: 8" h X 7" w

April Robin

• Design area: 49h x 33w (3.5”high x 2.35” wide)
• Model: 28ct Cashel Linen, 'Dirty Linen'
• Cut fabric: 8" h X 7" w

Suggested Materials

• Gentle Art Sampler Threads - Baby Spinach (greens dk)
• Gentle Art Sampler Threads - Sable (browns dk)
• Gentle Art Sampler Threads - Grecian Gold (gold bright)
• Gentle Art Sampler Threads - Tarnish Gold (old gold)
• Gentle Art Sampler Threads - Oatmeal (creamy white)
• Gentle Art Sampler Threads - Antique Rose (pinks)
• Gentle Art Sampler Threads - Burnt Orange (orange)
• Gentle Art Sampler Threads - Flax (gold lt)
• Gentle Art Sampler Threads - Maple Syrup (brown med)
• Gentle Art Sampler Threads - Shutter Green (greens lt)
• Gentle Art Sampler Threads - Tropical Ocean (turquoise)
  
• Gentle Art Sampler Threads - Woodsmoke (browns med)
• Gentle Art Simply Wool - Brandy
• Weeks #1269 - Chestnut (browns dk)
• Weeks #1304 - Onyx (brown blacks)
• Weeks #2258 - Aztec Red (reds)
• Weeks #1113 - Moonglow (yellow)
• Weeks #2339 - Terra Cotta (copper)
• SJ Designs seed bead #11002 - black
• SJ Designs petite bead #1814 - blue
• SJ Designs petite bead #1838 - grey
• Mill Hill seed bead #62041 - buttercup
• round wood buttons
• 19 gauge wire
• 28ct Cashel Linen, 'Dirty Linen'
• #24 tapestry needle
• #10 short beading needle

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