This week’s card is called Wedding Veil and was made by Stitchaway. This gorgeous card was made using the Stitching Cards Wedding veil pattern.

Stitchaway said “I have added a little piece of organza ribbon and gathered it just under the beads”…

I have created templates for two diamond fold cards with a finished size of 100mm (4 inches) when folded flat. Template 1 has diamond size of 100mm (4 inches). Template 2 has more folds and a diamond size of 70mm (2¾ inches). Both templates would be easy to scale up as required.

I have used template 1 with the PinBroidery MM-4 Mini Tulips Pattern. It is stitched on white card and mounted on the diamond fold card with sticky fixers.

This week’s card is called Happy Easter and was made by WestCoaster. This delightful card was made using the Stitching Cards Free Easter Egg Pattern.

WestCoaster said “The pattern is stitched on mottled yellow cards and backed with pink cards. It is attached to the card with small green butterfly brads”…

The following stitching card patterns have been added to the Form-A-Lines Classics collection:

Christmas 6 Set
Christmas 10 Set
Christmas 11 Set
Christmas 12 Set
Christmas 14 Set
Flower Set

The Form-A-Lines Classics store specialises in out of print patterns from the Form-A-Lines stitching card range. Patterns are supplied as PDF files. Download them to your computer on completion of purchase…

There are many types of thread that are suitable for prick and stitch card making and each card maker seems to have their favourite. Tell us which one you like best in this poll. If your brand is not listed tell us about it in a comment to this message. We are also interested in which particular type of thread within a brand range you use, tell us your choice in a comment…

This week’s card is called Happy Easter 2 and was made by Basteljeanny. This charming card was made using the Form-A-Lines Rabbits Pattern.

Basteljeanny has added a stitched oval and decorated this with punched-out flowers and jewels. It is stitched on white card and mounted on purple card to give a border that matches the stitched oval…

This week’s card is called Basket of flowers and was made by Capricorn. This gorgeous card was made using the Stitching Cards Basket of Flowers pattern.

Capricorn said: “It is stitched on cream hammered card with a punched out heart design. The basket is stitched in bronze metallic thread, the flowers in silk with beads stitched in the centre. I placed green card behind and mounted it onto a cream card, then added gems and peel-off edging.”…

This week’s card is called congratulations and was made by Patricia. This eye-catching card was made using the Stitching Cards Toast pattern.

Patricia said: “The pattern was made into a wedding card for my niece with peel off “bubbles” and wording. It was mounted on punched red mirror paper and gold sparkle card. Inside I folded up the right hand bottom 3 cms to hold money for a wedding present.”

Cards featured here must have been posted in either the Stitching Cards forum gallery or the Forum-A-Lines forum gallery…

This week’s card is called Sleeping Gnome and was made by Pam Zimmerman. This attractive card was made using the Stitching Cards Gnome Sleeping pattern.

Pam Zimmerman said: “DMC Floss was used. I chalked the entire card and used sticky pads to add the pattern to the card. I left the card blank because it can be for so many occasions.”

Cards featured here must have been posted in either the Stitching Cards forum gallery or the Forum-A-Lines forum gallery…

Tacketing is a type of stitching that was used on the covers of medieval ledgers and books. It was a decorative way of securing the spine during the bookbinding process. It can be done with bookbinders thread or leather strips. In the latter case it resembles lacing. Blog reader Beth Morton told us how she was introduced to craft of tacketing by demonstrator Chela Metzger, at the The Austin Book Arts February Meetup.

Beth told us: “This type of stitching is often referred to as a lost art and some scholars are attempting to recreate the stitching patterns”. Beth has sent us a picture taken at the meeting (shown above-right), a larger version, plus more pictures, can be seen at the Austin Book Arts website…