Gingerbread Celebration

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Gingerbread is a sweet holiday tradition that can’t be beat! Your whole family can have fun making our yummy cookies, and the cross stitch design will be charming on a variety of holiday accessories.

We used the design to accent a pot holder and gift tag to accompany a batch of decorated gingerbread cookies, but you could use it for any project of your choice. Just let your imagination run, run, run—like the gingerbread man of fairy-tale fame!

FREE FOR YOU from Leisure Arts, Inc. ©2007 All rights reserved. These instructions and recipe may be photocopied and shared with your friends. They may not be kitted, packaged, or sold. We have made every effort to ensure that these instructions and recipe are accurate and complete. We cannot, however, be responsible for human error, typographical mistakes, or variations in individual work. Note: Bake at 350 degrees.

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Note: Both projects were stitched using 3 strands of floss for Cross Stitch and 1 for Backstitch and French Knots.

Pot Holder: The design was centered and stitched on the White Aida (14 count) stitching area of a White Kitchen Classic pot holder. Alternative Finishing: Stitch the design on any evenweave fabric and make a pocket on a ready-made pot holder or one that you sew from scratch.

Gift Tag: The gingerbread girl was stitched separately on a 6" square of Antique Brown Perforated Plastic (14 count). To finish gift tag, trim plastic close to design. Referring to photo, add buttons as desired. Glue design to a piece of cardstock, cutting cardstock ¼" larger than design. For tie, punch a hole through the cardstock at the top of the design and thread with desired ribbon. Alternative Finishing: Instead of using perforated plastic, stitch the design on any evenweave fabric, trim edges close to design, and coat with a commercial stiffener to prevent fraying.

Design by Deborah Lambein.

Design and recipe were originally published in the January 1998 issue of For The Love Of Cross Stitch magazine. For more designs from the past, visit www.LeisureArtsLibrary.com and browse the on-line catalog of digital downloads to see what’s available.