This is a great website, join the newsletter and you will get lots of advice and information and patterns to embroider by hand. hugs Helen
http://www.needlenthread.com/2006...
Have you tried EMS? They offer both machine and hand stitched cross stitch and the designs are wonderful. You'll have to join forum but it's free.
Don't think you'll be disappointed with this site.
oh,yes I have! thanks ktty :) Ellen's designs are all so lovely. Just wish I had time to do them all
http://www.vsccs.com/Sample%20Des...
I think you can still get these for free. They are lovely cross stitch snowmen for each month of the year and all free. You can download both hand emb or machine emb. they are the 2008 designs. I think the web page Terri gav you may be the doors which is in same site. Be sur eto bookmark both sites then you won't have to search the site. The newest set now is teacups which have I think 3 months so far but they ware on hold so keep trying for them also. They Emb. out beautiful on machins so I'm sure the hand Emb. will be just as nice. *4U
Leely: I just went to the site I posted and the snowmen here are still for free. Just thought maybe Terri didn't know how to find them. I just downloaded one to make sure. I is a bit hard to find them in the site. Just copy and paste my site and they will come up.
Sorry, I forgot to add the link!! Old age just whacked me on the back of the head
This site gives both hand embroidery patterns and machine embroidery patterns, only the 2009 is still for free!!!
Terri. Ths snowmen are still free. Just thought yu might not know so if you'd like them also for machine you can copy and paste this site. Not meaning to contradict you but thought I'd let you know just in case. Hugs Judy *4U
http://www.vsccs.com/Sample%20Des...
Dang the site didn't post entirely so if you see my comment below the entire thing is there...Sorry not sure why it didn't all show up.