Six patterns featuring flowers inspired by William Morris textile patterns have been added to the Stitching Cards website.

The patterns can be stitched as bookmarks or as cards. They are ideal for birthdays, anniversaries and to send messages such as congratulations, well done, thank you, with love, sympathy or invitation. William Morris was a nineteenth century designer associated with the English Arts and Crafts Movement.

The patterns are available individually and in a value pack of all six designs. The pattern size is 152 mm x 104 mm (6 x 4½ inches).

The Value Pack can be found on the following web page:
www.stitchingcards.com/product.php/443/

The individual patterns are in the flower section at: www.stitchingcards.com/section.php/3/1/

Two new stitching card patterns have been added to the Stitching Cards website. Both card designs feature pieces from a chess set. The first has the king and queen; the second has the bishop, knight, rook and pawn chess pieces. Each pattern can be stitched as two separate bookmarks or one double-sided bookmark.

These are great to give a book reading chess enthusiast. They could also be used as a greetings cards for birthdays and to send messages such as congratulations.

The patterns are available individually and in a value pack of all six designs. The pattern size is 152 mm x 104 mm (6 x 4½ inches). Bookmark size 152 mm x 52 mm (6 x 2¼ inches).

The patterns can be found on the following web page:
www.stitchingcards.com/product.php/435/
www.stitchingcards.com/product.php/436/

Form-A-Lines patterns are designed to look good in a single colour of thread. The reason for this is that one of the ways they are sold is in kits. Since a reel of metallic thread forms a substantial part of the cost of a kit it makes economic sense to design for one colour.

The card maker can choose to stitch the design in multi-colours if they wish. There is usually more than enough thread on a 50 meter reel of thread to stitch six cards. Therefore after purchasing a few Form-A-Lines kits you may have amassed a collection of threads of various colours. You can also add to your colour collection by purchasing more thread.

The illustration shows a design from the new Form-A-Lines Quilt Block Flowers set. The left-hand picture is stitched in confetti pink thread as supplied in the kit. This is a mixture of pinks, yellows and blue-greens. I really like the random colour effect produced by confetti thread.

The picture on the right is stitched in green, copper and purple thread. The card was made by my wife for her mother’s birthday. I think that it is a beautiful choice of colours.

The Quilt Block Flowers set is available form the Form-A-Lines download store and in printed booklets from stockists.

Two new sets of patterns have been added to the Form-A-Lines stitching cards range. They are available as downloads or as printed booklets.

The Quilt Block Flowers set was inspired by quilt block designs with the words Happy Birthday, With Love, Thinking of You plus a bonus greeting Thank You.

The Leisure set features a keyboard, a Lambretta scooter and bowling.

The pattern size is 152 mm x 104 mm (6 x 4½ inches).

The patterns are available as downloads from the Form-A-Lines website as sets of three patterns or as individual designs.
Quilt Block Flowers.
Leisure.

The patterns are available as printed booklets from the Card Inspirations website:
Form-A-Lines kits.
Form-A-Lines printed booklets.

Six new stitching card patterns have been added to the Stitching Cards website. The prick and stitch designs feature a donkey, a foal, a mouse/hamster, a kitten, a Labrador puppy and a bunny in a basket. They make great birthday cards for animal lovers. They can also be used for congratulations, thank you and other messages. The bunny in a basket design would make a great Easter card.

The patterns are available individually and in a value pack of all six designs. The pattern size is 152 mm x 104 mm (6 x 4½ inches).

The Value Pack can be found on the following web page:
www.stitchingcards.com/product.php/428/

The individual animal patterns are in the animals and birds section at: www.stitchingcards.com/section.php/2/1/

A camel pattern has been added at the Stitching Cards website. It makes a great birthday card for animal lovers. It can also be used for congratulations, thank you and other messages.

There are two species of camels: the dromedary or Arabian camel has a single hump, and the Bactrian camel has two humps. Dromedaries are native to the dry desert areas of West Asia, and Bactrian camels are native to Central and East Asia. Both species are domesticated; they provide milk and meat, and are beasts of burden…

A Thames sailing barge pattern has been added at the Stitching Cards website. It makes a great birthday card for men. It can also be used for congratulations, thank you and other messages.

A Thames sailing barge was a type of commercial sailing boat common on the River Thames in London in the 19th century. The flat-bottomed barges were perfectly adapted to the Thames Estuary, with its shallow waters and narrow rivers.

The barges also traded much further afield, to the north of England, the South Coast and even to continental European ports. Cargoes varied enormously: bricks, mud, hay, rubbish, sand, coal and grain, for example…

A rooster pattern has been added at the Stitching Cards website. It makes a great birthday card for men. It can also be used for congratulations, thank you and other messages.

The term “rooster”, for a male chicken, originates from the United States, while in the United Kingdom the older term “cockerel” is more widely used. During the daytime, he often sits on a high perch, usually 4 to 5 feet off the ground to serve as a lookout for his flock. He will sound a distinctive alarm call if predators are nearby…

An enchanting witch pattern has been added at the Stitching Cards website. The sexy witch on a broomstick flying across the moon would make a great Halloween card for teenage girls.

This year Halloween falls on Sunday, the 31st of October 2010. Witches have had a long association with Halloween. Legends tell of witches gathering twice a year when the seasons changed, on April 30, the eve of May Day and again on the eve of October 31, All Hallows’ Eve.

It is said that witches would arrive on broomsticks to celebrate at a party hosted by the devil. Superstitions tell of witches casting spells on unsuspecting people, transform themselves into different forms and causing other magical mischief…

Six new stitching card patterns have been added to the Pinbroidery website. They complete the patterns inspired by the song “The Twelve Days of Christmas”. They feature twelve drummers drumming, eleven pipers piping, ten lords a leaping, nine ladies dancing, eight maids a milking and seven swans a swimming.

Each design has pricking patterns of two sizes: 144 x 144 mm (5.65 x 5.65 inches) and 152 x 104 mm (6 x 4½ inches). The square pricking pattern has words on two edges and the rectangular pattern omits the words.

The patterns are available individually and in a value pack of all six designs…