A Diwali stitching pattern has been added to the Stitching Cards web site. Diwali is a major Indian festival that is significant in Hinduism, Sikhism, and Jainism, known as the “Festival of Lights”. The pattern was designed at the request of Stitching Cards customer Jasu who told me “Diwali falls on 17th of October and thought I better get stitching soon”.

The design features a lamp, the Om syllable formed by the lamp smoke, and the words Happy Diwali. Om is a sacred Hindu syllable that is said to represent Brahman, both as personal and impersonal God…

Six Christmas card designs have been added to the pattern collection at the Pinbroidery web site. They feature bells, candles, holly with mistletoe, a fur tree, a poinsettia and a sleigh.

The patterns are supplied in two sizes; 144 x 144 mm (5.65 x 5.65 inches) and 120 x 120 mm (4.75 x 4.75 inches). This gives you the flexibility to choose the size that suits your style of card making and to comply with any postal regulations on large sizes of cards…

A prick and stitch pattern featuring a red fox has been added to the Stitching Cards pattern collection. The fox has a large bushy tail and looks splendid when stitched in antique copper and antique silver metallic thread.

The fox pattern was created in response to a request from Nancy who wanted to make the card for a rehabber where she volunteers…

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…

Following the release of the new bride and groom prick n’ stitch pattern at Stitching Cards I thought it would be fun to have a poll about wedding songs. This is to choose your favourite song for the bride and groom to dance to for the first time as a married couple…

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”…

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 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…

Whilst I was doing research for my Stitching Cards unicorn design I came across some interesting information about the way it has evolved over the centuries.

The unicorn is a mythical beast whose origins can be traced back to early pagan times. Drawings of the unicorn appear on many coats of arms created in Medieval Europe and it also appears in early religious tapestries…