News from stitching sites – Page 31 – Prick And Stitch Is My Craft

String art candle pattern reviewed

Monday 15 December 2008 by David

candle String art picture making has much in common with prick and stitch card making. It uses nails hammered into a backing board and coloured wool or string to create the design. If you would like to try your hand at string art there is a free candle pattern available from the String Art Is My Craft web site…

A Hanukkah pattern has been added to the Stitching Cards pattern collection

Saturday 18 October 2008 by David

Following a request from a customer I have designed a Hanukkah pattern. It is available for purchase from the Stitching cards web site. The card features a menorah with lighted candles and the words Happy Hanukkah.

Six new Christmas bead patterns have been added to the Stitching Cards pattern collection

Monday 6 October 2008 by David

A set of six new Christmas bead patterns are available for purchase from the Stitching Cards web site. The prick and stitch patterns feature bead snowflakes, a bead angel, bead bells and holly, a bead candle and holly, bead holly and a bow and a bead Christmas tree.

A brief history of awareness ribbons and their colours

Friday 19 July 2013Wednesday 10 September 2008 by David

Some time ago I added an awareness ribbon to the free sample cards on my Stitching Cards web site at the request of one of my customers. When I was designing the pattern I researched the background to these ribbons and found the history fascinating.

Why string art is the grandmother of prick and stitch card making

Saturday 12 March 2022Friday 29 August 2008 by David

Way back in the swinging 1960s I was given a string art kit for Christmas. The kit had silver string, black felt for the background, a backing board and lots of nails. The picture was a sailing boat. I had great fun making the picture and it hung proudly in the hall for many years.

A beaded flower card at Needle ‘n Thread

Tuesday 16 September 2008Sunday 17 August 2008 by David

Mary Corbet tells how she made a beaded flower card on her Needle ‘n Thread website. The design was from a Stitching Cards pattern and it looks stunning.

Mary made the card for her auntie’s 90th birthday. Mary says “I found that I liked poking the little holes in the paper… and so I ended up setting up about 15 cards”. She found that she could easily stack three pieces of card stock and prick them all at the same time.

Hand embroidered paper bookmark at Hooked on Needles

Tuesday 16 September 2008Saturday 16 August 2008 by David

You can see a beautiful interpretation of the Stitching Cards flowering vine pattern at Mary Grace McNamara’s website Hooked on Needles.

It was made as a bookmark for her Auntie’s 90th birthday. Mary embroidered it in DMC stranded embroidery floss on a mottled green card stock. After stitching she mounted the green card on larger piece of yellow card stock to hide the stitching on the back and to form an attractive border.

Stitching cards in the Form-A-Lines forum gallery

Tuesday 16 September 2008Friday 15 August 2008 by David

My Form-A-Lines forum has a number of enthusiastic greetings card stitchers among its members. I can recommend a visit to the new cards section of the gallery this week as it contains several beautiful stitching cards.

“Strawberry” by Eileen Scott is a gorgeous combination of stitching, decoupage and cutting.