Friday, July 2, 2010

First Friday Freebie #11

Can you believe that it’s July already?  Where did June go? 

At the outset, I’d like to wish my fellow Canadians a belated Happy Canada Day…

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and to my American friends, a Happy 4th.

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I hope that you like this month’s First Friday Feebie design.    Allow me to present…bee16

“Bee It Ever So Humble”

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A closer look at the stitched area…

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When I printed my copy of the PDF file, for some reason, the line drawing turned out smaller than my original and I have to apologize because I don’t know how to adjust it.   I do all my drawings on an 8 1/2” x 11” sheet of paper and they usually fill most of that space.  Please feel free to enlarge the line drawing to suit your individual needs.

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To download the PDF file including the photo, instructions and line drawing, please click HERE.  Enjoy!

Happy stitching!

Kaaren ♥

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46 comments:

  1. JulieJuly 2, 2010 at 5:43 AM

    you already know i love it! :)
    but gosh! what on earth are you doing up so early? you should save your draft to publish itself.
    xox

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  2. MelJuly 2, 2010 at 5:45 AM

    Another beauty!! One thing you can check on your printer is that the box 'scale to fit page' is not checked.

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  3. LaurenceJuly 2, 2010 at 6:15 AM

    Very beautiful. Thank you very much for freebie.

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  4. patchsprotteJuly 2, 2010 at 6:15 AM

    this is a wonderfull freebee, I will stitch it to give it as a present to my friend, she is a beekeeper :-)
    Thanks a lot for all inspirations you gave us here.

    Silke from Germany

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  5. Scraps4dreamsJuly 2, 2010 at 6:19 AM

    Very beautiful.
    Thank you very much.

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  6. Anita (Sniet)July 2, 2010 at 6:41 AM

    Time flys when you are quilting and stitching. Thank you for the lovely pattern.

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  7. Abby and StephanieJuly 2, 2010 at 7:35 AM

    Wow, it's really sweet as all of your designs are. A year ago I was attending my father's 90th birthday. Now he's 91!!! Time does fly...

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  8. RumiJuly 2, 2010 at 7:39 AM

    Love the sweet little buzzing bees!
    thanks Kaaren.

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  9. julieQJuly 2, 2010 at 7:47 AM

    Oh how wonderful! Love it...thank you dear Karen!!

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  10. Judith TetleyJuly 2, 2010 at 7:52 AM

    Hi Kaaren; the downsizing of your line drawing seems to be a problem with PDF conversion. I have tried a lot of things to get it correct, but the bestI have come up with is to....scan the line drawing into a Word Document, right click then select 'Format Picture' then; select "size" and change "scale" to 102%. Centre the document as well before converting to PDF. It isn't the exact size; but most times is fairly close to it.
    Hope it works for you.
    Kind Regards
    Judith
    http://creativestudio10.blogspot.com.au
    p.s. I am hosting an Early Bird Christmas Crafting on my blog...may I copy some of your Friday Freebies pics, and refer bloggers back to your site by way of a link for the patterns?

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  11. ingeJuly 2, 2010 at 7:58 AM

    i love this one! thanks!

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  12. JocelynJuly 2, 2010 at 8:01 AM

    Oh my goodness Kaaren, this is so adorable!

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  13. TerryJuly 2, 2010 at 8:42 AM

    I love it Kaaren! I've been wanting to stitch a bee skep and an alphabet sampler and this is perfect! Thanks so much! :0)

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  14. luv2quilt2July 2, 2010 at 9:22 AM

    This is a beautiful little piece. Thank you for the freebie!

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  15. DebJuly 2, 2010 at 9:34 AM

    I just love this. I have a real thing for beehives so I know that I'm going to be stitching this. Thanks for the great pattern.

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  16. DarleneJuly 2, 2010 at 9:46 AM

    I LOVE it, Kaaren! It's delightful and a must stitch soon project. LOL

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  17. Pieced PastimesJuly 2, 2010 at 10:12 AM

    How cute! You never cease to amaze me with your creative mind.

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  18. Cyndi loves to stitchJuly 2, 2010 at 10:22 AM

    Cute cute cute, thank you! About your scan to pdf..........I found on mine that when scanning 8.5 x 11paper that if I crop it to 8.25 x 10.75 my drawings will reprint same size (have an HP photosmart, but my other scanner/printer did the same thing.) I have heard others saying something about saving it a 97% or something like that. Cyndi

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  19. RitaJuly 2, 2010 at 11:07 AM

    Oh Kaaren, I think this is my favorite so far...it's adorable! Thank you for being so generous every month. I appreciate all your efforts.

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  20. SheilaCJuly 2, 2010 at 11:12 AM

    LOVE it Kaaren, thank you!!

    SheilaC

    PS Voted for you over in the Strings challenge... good luck!

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  21. DarleneJuly 2, 2010 at 11:15 AM

    It is wonderful! Thank you for the freebie this 4th of July weekend!

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  22. SherryJuly 2, 2010 at 11:53 AM

    Thank you so much for the beautiful pattern, you are so generous. I will be making this as my next project. I want to get started right away.

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  23. Shirley--Knot-y Embroidery LadyJuly 2, 2010 at 12:31 PM

    Wow, love it! Bee Happy at Home - Home Sweet Home. Thank YOU Kaaren!

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  24. MonicaJuly 2, 2010 at 1:23 PM

    I love it! Thanks again Kaaren for your generosity.

    P.S. How goes the progress on your Ragedy Ann and Andy?

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  25. TheresaJuly 2, 2010 at 5:02 PM

    This is absolutely adorable!!!!!! Thanks for this lovely pattern~~ I'm going to share it on my blog!!!

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  26. Chookyblue......July 2, 2010 at 5:40 PM

    love it...........thanks for being so willing to share...........

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  27. Sandie @ crazy'boutquiltsJuly 2, 2010 at 8:56 PM

    Another adorable design Kaaren! Thank you!! Have a happy weekend!

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  28. AllieJuly 2, 2010 at 10:05 PM

    I LOVE LOVE LOVE this Kaaren, amazing - can't wait to do this one for someone very special! Happy Canada Day to you, and thank you for this wonderful design!

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  29. MimiJuly 2, 2010 at 10:45 PM

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  30. MimiJuly 2, 2010 at 10:47 PM

    It's adorable. I have to tell you, as I was reading "there's no place like home", I was at the same time watching the Wizard of Oz on TV. How funny!

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  31. Nancy PageJuly 2, 2010 at 11:27 PM

    You come up with the best designs. This one is the best. Thank you so much for sharing your talents.

    Have a super great weekend.

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  32. Carrie P.July 2, 2010 at 11:37 PM

    Oh, another great design. I love it and want to stitch it right now. Great job. Thanks!

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  33. SandyJuly 3, 2010 at 6:30 PM

    Once again, thank you for a great stitchery!! You have such talent.

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  34. WendybJuly 3, 2010 at 9:04 PM

    Oh Kaaren,
    this is just beautiful. You are such a generous soul...thank you so much for these Friday Freebies - always gorgeous!!!!
    sweet sugary hugs to you
    XXX Wendy :O)

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  35. UnknownJuly 4, 2010 at 9:15 AM

    Kaaren this is wonderful. Thank u so much for this beautiful pattern

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  36. RosaliJuly 5, 2010 at 11:21 AM

    Gracias por compartir este tierno bordado.

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  37. AnonymousJuly 5, 2010 at 3:08 PM

    Kaaren,

    Though I wish I had more time to do a little more red work. Every month I love to pop in and see what you have created. Your work is always so uplifting and gorgeous. It seems that even when you retire from designing, the urge to create just keeps on going. VBG! What a wonderfully talented person you are. Thanks ever so much for the free patterns.

    Blissfully Stitching,
    Bobbie

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  38. MickiJuly 5, 2010 at 3:34 PM

    What a cute design Kaaren...Bees are always so sweet!
    Micki

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  39. SiobhánJuly 6, 2010 at 6:39 AM

    Oh my gosh, Kaaren!! That is adorable. Thanks!

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  40. HecketyJuly 7, 2010 at 7:58 AM

    Oh this is so lovely- the first time as a child that I played the piano in public it was the melody to this song!! And I love beehives!
    Thank you very much- its exactly my cup of....honey?

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  41. CandaceJuly 7, 2010 at 8:52 PM

    Now this is my kind of stitchery, Kaaren! Thank you again for you incredible generosity!
    Cheers!

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  42. TerriJuly 8, 2010 at 9:44 PM

    This is just too cute!! Thank you!!!

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  43. HanneJuly 11, 2010 at 12:06 PM

    Thanks a lot for your lovely stitchery pattern.

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  44. ChristineAugust 21, 2010 at 5:53 PM

    This is lovely. Have saved it for future reference.

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  45. TonemorOctober 1, 2010 at 5:27 AM

    This was a lovely stitch. Thank you! :)

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  46. Becky DreesJuly 5, 2012 at 12:52 AM

    Thanks, Kaaren! I stitched this up awhile ago: http://www.flickr.com/photos/oneplaidaunt/7245197648/in/photostream

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