Free counted cross-stitch pattern "Amour Toujours", by SoCreaStitch
Amour Toujours, Love Forever, four words that lovely frame this ceramic heart by Rouge Petit Coeur (available in our Embellishments section).
You can obviously use this chart for any St Valentine's Day project or keep it for a permanent decoration as we have chosen to do.
You can also replace the ceramic heart by an initial letter, in the same colour scheme or in a contrasting shade.
The comple kit to make a hanging cushion as we did is avalailabe here.
Design stitch count: 71 wide x 68 high
12,9 x 12,4 cm (5 x 4¾ in) on a 28 count linen / evenweave or on a 14 count Aida
11,8 x 11,3 cm (4¾ x 4½ in) on a 32 count linen / evenweave or on a 16 count Aida
Thread and colours: this is a monochrome: you can pick the colour of your choice.
We used a variegated thread from ATALIe (Sultane) worked with 2 strands and this cotton fabric at the back of the cushion and a red cotton fabric with small hearts (see right).
Just click on the link below to open the pdf file in a new window and then save it on your computer (it is the right size to be printed easily).
Link to Amour Toujours pdf chart