Button Up Birdies 5 - 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 July Wren is splashing and enjoying her refreshing bath under the Clematis blossoms. The tenth birdie is a glittering Hummingbird, buzzing and flitting from flower to flower, sipping the delicious nectar under a spray of blossoms.

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!

July Wren

• Design area: 47h x 34w (3.4”high x 2.4” wide)
• Model: 28ct Cashel Linen, 'Dirty Linen'
• Cut fabric: 8" h X 7" w

August Hummingbird

• Design area: 48h x 32w (3.4”high x 2.3” 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 - Banker's Grey (greys)
• Gentle Art Sampler Threads - Bittersweet (oranges)
• Gentle Art Sampler Threads - Black Crow (blacks)
• Gentle Art Sampler Threads - Flax (straw lt)
• Gentle Art Sampler Threads - Highland Heather (mauve pink)
• Gentle Art Sampler Threads - Sable (multi browns med)
• Gentle Art Sampler Threads - Butternut Squash (yellows lt)
• Gentle Art Sampler Threads - Cornflower (blue lt)
• Gentle Art Sampler Threads - Maple Syrup (brown med)
• Gentle Art Sampler Threads - Shutter Green (green med)
• Gentle Art Sampler Threads - Victorian Pink (salmon pink)
• Gentle Art Sampler Threads - Woodsmoke (straw med)
• Gentle Art Sampler Threads - Lambswool (apricot tan)
• Gentle Art Sampler Threads - Oatmeal (creams)
• Gentle Art Sampler Threads - Red Plum (purple)
• Gentle Art Sampler Threads - Spring Grass (bright green)
• Weeks #1302 - Pelican Grey (greyed green)
• Weeks #2258 - Aztec Red (reds)
• Weeks #1269 - Chestnut (browns dk)
• Weeks #2279 - Sweetheart Roses (bright pink)
• SJ Designs petite bead #1838 - gunmetal
• SJ Designs petite bead #1814 - blue
• SJ Designs petite bead #1843 - yellow
• SJ Designs petite bead #1878 - lavender
• round wood buttons
• 19 gauge wire
• 28ct Cashel Linen, 'Dirty Linen' 
• #24 tapestry needle
• #10 short beading needle

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