Tuesday, April 2

Bee Happy Free Embroidery Pattern


So tomorrow I turn 42 (eeeep!) and I thought it would be nice to give something away on my birthday. This Bee Happy embroidery pattern is much like a mini-sampler. Great for beginning stitchers but fun for embroiderers of all skill levels (at least I think so!) Please read the whole post to find out more about the idea behind this pattern... :)

Download the Bee Happy pattern here

I got the idea for the pattern when I was reading about the decline of bee colonies (which is bad news for all, as they very are important in our eco system) and how you can help bees in your own garden (or balcony) by planting bee-friendly plants and herbs like lavender and rosemary. I will definitely try and make my garden bee-friendlier and I hope you will too! Find out more about what plants bees like and their behaviour here.

You will find some stitch and colour suggestions added to the pattern but please feel free to do your own thing. I mean the Turkey Stitch for the bee is fun (imagine a soft furry bee!) but can definitely be a challenge! Feel free to share this pattern on your blog or Pinterest etc but please but do link back to this blogpost.

Of course I'd love to see your version of this pattern in my Flickr Group or Facebook page.

Happy Stitching everyone!

21 comments:

  1. Such a cute pattern, thank you! I'm going to give it a try as soon as I find my embroidery floss again (I misplaced my box and can't find it anywhere).

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  2. I will definitely try this one out.Thank you for the kind gift (although as it's your birthday, isn't it suppossed to be the other way around??)
    I think bees are super cool and have spent years trying to convince my husband that he should let me keep a bee hive. As we live in the middle of suburbia, it's never going to happen, but we can all definitely be more bee friendly. :-) Just imagine how cool it would be to have hot and cold running honey!!
    Happy birthday!!
    E xx

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    1. At 42 I'm happy to give something away as well and I'm sure I will receive a present tomorrow :) A bee hive in suburbia might not be a great idea but I think you can make things for bees to nest in...(just not whole colonies!) There is one in our local zoo made of bricks and wood I think. I'm not a bee-expert though but I'm sure if you google it you can find it!

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  3. ohh happy birthday for tomorrow, I've downloaded it ready for future use :) We had asian hornets last year so have no bees :o(
    Do you use embroidery floss or perle/aurifil 12wt ?

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    1. Thank you! I almost exclusively use DMC six stranded (mouline) floss but I guess you can use whatever you prefer! :)

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  4. Thank you for the pattern¡¡¡ My father in law keep some bee hives (he lives in the country in Spain)and then, we have some honey¡¡¡

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  5. Nicole ~
    Thank you so much for such a sweet pattern! I've got a friend who loves all things with bees on them (even tho she's allergic to them). I'll be doing this for her birthday in October. Fitting since it's your birthday today! Happy Birthday!!! have a really lovely day!

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  6. Happy birthday!!!! Thanks for the pattern- I'm trying to create enough stitchy pieces to arrange on one of our walls, and this would be great for the spring/summer time!

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  7. Happy Birthday! Thanks for sharing this sweet pattern, it's so pretty!

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  8. Thank you all for your Birthday wishes and sweet comments! xo

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  9. Aww Happy Birthday! And thank you for the pattern and the reminder about how important bees are to our world.

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  10. To give is to receive. Hope you had a good birthday and thank you I might even try this as it is easy. Also, thanks for supporting bees they need more flowers. Please plants more bee-friendly plants everyone.

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  11. Thank you so much for this pattern! I love it! :)
    And some good news... I noticed that here in Italy (I live in the south)bees are much more than in the past 2-3 years. I can see them and listen to their "bzzz" everyday in my garden :)
    Fingers crossed for them! :)

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  12. Oh what a great pattern, thank you so much! Wishing you a delightful birthday and a new year full of luck and love! - chrissie

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  13. Thank you for the great pattern and I hope you have a very happy birthday. Take care!

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  14. Hope you had a fantastic birthday! Thank you so much for the pattern!

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  15. Such a lovely Idea and a lovely Pattern Nicole. Such a sweet Sampler idea, I've downloaded and so day when I get a bit of time to myself I think I'll enjoy this. Hope you had a great birthday.b.x

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  16. Thank you all for your birthday wishes and kind comments! xo

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  17. I lovely pattern - thank you so much. I have taken a bee class and plan on having a hive ! Have a fabulous birthday!

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