Ten new number patterns have been added to the Pinbroidery pattern collection. They feature the numbers 0 to 9 entwined with decorative flowers and leaves. The numbers can be combined to make any number. They make beautiful cards for birthdays or anniversaries. The numbers can be purchased individually or in a set of ten…

I am occasionally asked to suggest a stitching card pattern suitable for a sympathy card. I usually suggest something featuring flowers combined with suitable words. A thread about words of sympathy on the Form-A-Lines forum had contributors suggesting some beautiful and heartfelt sentiments. One contributor summed it up with “It is always useful to have appropriate words to express our thoughts at such difficult times, though hope I don’t need them often!”

Here are the suggestions…

The new snowboarding prick and stitch pattern added at the Stitching Cards web site would make a great card for snowboard enthusiasts or anyone who loves winter sports.

Snowboarding started in the Untied States in the mid 1960s and grew in popularity becoming a Winter Olympic Sport in 1998…

A pattern for an old style tram has been added at the Stitching Cards website. An Australian customer called Heather wrote to say “I would like to stitch a tram for my father-in-laws 90th birthday. Being a Melbournian he loves his trams”…

Narrow Boat Flowers is one of the latest pattern booklets to be added to the Form-A-Lines stitching card range. The booklet contains three patterns featuring roses, roses and a castle, and roses with a border. They are available as part of a kit or as a separate booklet…

Fanciful Cats is one of the latest pattern booklets to be added to the Form-A-Lines stitching card range. The booklet contains three patterns featuring a cat looking at a goldfish in a bowl, a cat chasing a butterfly and two cats sitting side by side. They are available as part of a kit or as a separate booklet…

There has been some discussion in previous posts about the size of the Pinbroidery patterns. Some customers said that they were too large. Other customers said that if they wanted to reduce the size of the patterns they know how to do it using an image editing program.

To help those who are not so technically advance in the field of image editing I have published a step-by-step illustrated tutorial on the Pinbroidery web site…

A pattern inspired by a traditional Irish ring has been added at the Stitching Cards website. The Claddagh ring is given in friendship or worn as a wedding ring. The design and traditions connected with it originated in the Irish fishing village of Claddagh…

The new Pinbroidery online shop is open and the first six patterns are available for purchase.

They are flower designs inspired by the work of William Morris. He was a nineteenth century English architect, furniture and textile designer, artist and writer associated with the English Arts and Crafts Movement. They would make beautiful cards for birthdays, congratulations and other special occasions…

The new Yorkshire Terrier pattern on the Stitching Cards web site was produced at the request of a customer. Whilst I was doing some research for the pattern I found out some interesting facts about this breed of dog.

This small terrier was known as the Broken-Haired Scotch Terrier when it appeared in a dog show in 1861…