How Form-A-Lines stitching cards are made

Dragonfly stitching card

Description

A beautiful card made by stitching the dragonfly design directly on the card. The dark blue card is 104mm x 152mm. It is stitched with pearl metallic thread. This design takes approximately one hour to stitch.

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We are using the dragonfly card from the Form-A-Lines Riverside Delights set to demonstrate the techniques of stitching a card. You can buy the Riverside Delights set from the
Form-A-Lines download shop

Method

Step One: Protect your work surface with a piece of foam, a felt mat or a folded towel. Open up the card and with the right side facing up, lay a design template on the middle section.

Step Two: Holding the template in place, take the large pin and prick through each dot in turn on the template making sure that the pin also goes through the card. Remove the template when the entire design has been completed.

Hint - If you wish to secure your template to the card with sticky tape, place the tape on and off a cloth several times. This will take off the excess stickiness yet still allow it to adhere to the card without leaving a mark. To test first use the reverse of the right panel as this will eventually be hidden.

The pricked out card

Step three: Cut a length of thread about 2 feet long and thread the needle. (It is better to use several short threads rather than one long piece as the holes of the card may start to wear away the filament in the thread and cause it to fray. The underside of your work will be hidden so it does not matter how many times you seal your threads.) Attach the thread to the back of the card, close to the starting point, with a small piece of sticky tape, making sure that you do not cover over any holes.

Step Four: Follow instructions for each embroidered design, securing each length of thread with a small piece of sticky tape. 

Close up view of the stitching diagram.

Written instructions for stitching the wing 

Two pages of instructions for stitching the dragonfly.

The first wing is complete. Notice how the metallic thread catches the light giving these cards their special quality.

Step Five: When a design is completed fold under the right hand side of the card and glue in place around the edge.

Product availability We regret that we are unable to advise the reader of a source of supply for the materials used in the projects on the Card Making Inspirations web site. The layouts and techniques used in these projects are timeless. However, products such as stamps, stickers and patterned papers are quickly discontinued to be replaced by new items. When this happens we suggest that there is a lot of satisfaction in finding an alternative product that suits the design. For stitching card patterns please visit our sponsors Card Inspirations, Form-A-Lines download shop and Stitching Cards. Card Illustrations An explanation of our copyright notice on these cards: These cards must not be displayed on another web site without permission. You may use these designs to make cards for your personal pleasure and to give away to your friends. Where the cards contain images created with products produced by third parties, such as rubber stamps, stencils, etc., you may not sell the cards commercially without first getting permission from the actual manufacturers of the stamps, stencils, etc.