Cross Stitch Pattern for making the most of leftovers with maritime motifs

Here I present to you my result of the CrazyPatterns joint campaign Theme Worlds Summer 2024. The campaign was preceded for the first time by a public vote on the topics for which the designers wanted to design new patterns.
The winning topics: "The best of leftovers" and "Maritime, sun, beach and sea". Many thanks to everyone who voted!
My sampler with maritime cross stitch motifs combines both themes.
The connection to the maritime is obvious with embroidery motifs such as mermaids, anchors, sailing ships, beach chairs, fishing trawler, etc. The use of leftover embroidery thread works great with the small embroidery patterns, especially because no colors are specified. As far as the embroidery fabric is concerned, you can also dig into your leftover box. You can embroider wide linen ribbons and sew them into gift bags, make narrow embroidery ribbons into bookmarks with pretty embroidery, or use even smaller leftover fabric as patches for greeting cards. I'll show you a few examples in the photos above.

Skills Required / What You'll Receive

Cross stitch template with maritime sampler motif,
Hand embroidery file!!!
1 color template (a color printer is required)
and 2 b/w templates,
PDF file for download, file size approx. 0.6MB, 17 A4 pages
(two cover sheets, the sampler has three pages of embroidery pattern, each page
is available as one A4 page and for better readability as four A4 pages),
the size of the embroidery can be individually adjusted, depending on
how many motifs you use and how you arrange them,
full cross stitches, 3/4 stitches and back stitches are used

Size Information

You can adjust the size of the embroidery pattern to suit your needs. There are small motifs such as the fish and the oystercatcher, medium-sized motifs such as the seahorse and the seal, and motifs in various sizes such as the mermaid, the starfish, the sailing ships and the beach chair. A small cross-stitch alphabet and a few letterings are also included.
The embroidery patterns are simple and suitable for beginners. Most consist only of cross stitches, a few also require backstitches, and only the smallest anchor contains a few 3/4 stitches.

Materials List

In addition to an embroidery needle and scissors, you will need

• new sections or scraps of counted fabric, embroidery ribbon, Aida,
  other fabrics or embroiderable materials
• embroidery thread or scraps of embroidery thread in colors of your choice
• optionally an embroidery frame

Additional Details by the Author

I look forward to exchanging ideas with you! Be it here through an evaluation or questions about the instructions,
or on instagram (karolahahnkreativ). I would be very happy about a photo of your work!
You can upload it here in the gallery or show it to me on instagram.

Reprints, photocopies, processing via electronic media or similar, including excerpts, resale, exchange, etc. are not permitted. Anyone who would like to sell the handmade embroidery based on the embroidery template is welcome to do so in small quantities by citing KarolaHahnKreativ as the designer. If you have any questions about this, please feel free to contact me.