Ellen Mauer-Stroh has a beautiful free 2012 "Antique Sampler" at:
http://www.maurer-stroh.com/project2...roduction.html
January, February & March are all available. After going to the downloads page, click the desired month at the bottom of the page.
She also has a cross stitch board, from which you can download free designs; you do have to register. She only allows you to download 5 per/day. That day is 24hrs + at least one minute after the last design you download today. I just kept at it every day and downloaded them all. Her designs are available in several formats; the machine embroidery designs are at the bottom of the page:
http://www.cross-stitch-board.com/forum/downloads.php