Just a cute little jack-o-lantern who is ready for the holiday season.

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This cute little jack-o-lantern cross stitch pattern is also what happens when I leave my pattern program unattended and my son Ethan sits down at my desk. I had a 3-inch-mini hoop template open in PC Stitch and had been working on some ornament designs when my son sat down at my desk while I was taking a break from the screen. I jokingly told him to go ahead and design me a hoop while he was there… and he did! Such a fun little surprise, I thought you might enjoy it as a free pattern, so here it is 🙂

Enjoy and happy stitching

I received the most lovely email from a reader about some of my patterns here at Stitching the Night Away, in particular about This Story Isn’t Over Yet. She asked if I would chart a small simple semicolon, something around 3-inches in size, that she could stitch and turn into various gifts for her support group. Of course that sounded like an amazing idea and I charted it up for her right away. I’m happy to share that design here in case anyone else would like to do the same.

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Enjoy & Happy Stitching!