This charming whole stitch African Animals Sampler of was Friday’s Freebie from DMC. The picture shows its stitched on 14 count Aida, but it would be wonderful stitched on needlepoint canvas.
Stitch it in a single color in a hand-dyed thread for a great rustic look. Even better, pick out a lovely color of canvas (maybe one of the hand-dyed or Nature’s Palette painted ones) and then stitch it in a darker or brighter hand-dye in the same color.
Don’t want to do a sampler? Consider repeating the animals as a wide border, or even stitching the animals singly as ornaments.
Thanks to DMC for providing this to us!
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Hi, I can seem to find the african animals sampler on the DMC website. Any suggestions? – sheila
Click on either the post title or the read more link from the front page to see the whole article. Then click on the text link on the first line of the post. That will take you right to the PDF.
Keep Stitching, Janet
Hi, I wasn’t able to get the hyperlinks to work. Would you be able to send me the PDF? – Sheila
The link has been corrected in the post, but it is:
https://dmc-threads.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/AfricanAlphabet.pdf
Keep Stitching.
Janet