A free puppy pattern has been added at the Stitching Cards website. Children of 10+ should be able to stitch this (with some adult help and supervision). It is also a cute card for children to receive.

The design has been kept delibrately simple with wider spaced holes and more detailed stitching instructions. This should make it quick and easy to stitch.

A bauble stitching card pattern has been added to the free patterns section of the Form-A-Lines website. The large bauble has an open area where you can add extra decoration of your choice, such as a greeting or a decoupage image.

This bauble pattern is currently being featured in the Form-A-Lines forum gallery card making challenge. Forum membership is required to post pictures. Go to the forum and click the “Join” link to join.

The direct link to the free bauble pattern is www.form-a-lines.com/freepattern05.php

A selection of greeting words have also been added to the free patterns section…

An attractive curve stitching design that creates a heart within a circle has been added to the free pattern section of the Pinbroidery website. The illustration shows the design stitched in confetti pink thread. The pattern size is 120 mm x 120 mm (4¾ x 4¾ inches).

The design is a scaled down version of a mathematical pattern that I created for my String Art Fun website. If you are interested in creating pictures with nails and string then you can download the free string art heart circle pattern there.

Please let me have your thoughts on this geometric design. Is this the kind of design you are interested in? Would you like to see more? Let us know in a comment to this blog.

This beautiful rose pattern is easy for beginners to stitch and if you are experienced at greetings card embroidery you will find it quick to complete. The downloadable stitching pattern includes step-by-step instructions and a pricking pattern. The rose design is suitable for many occasions including birthdays, anniversaries and thank you cards…

This beautiful Easter egg pattern is easy for beginners to stitch and if you are experienced at greetings card embroidery you will find it quick to complete. The downloadable pattern includes step-by-step instructions. The egg is decorated with tiny multicoloured beads. An alternative to beads could be self-adhesive jewels or sequins…

A new website called Pinbroidery is offering two free card stitching patterns. There is a pattern called Flower Corners which features the words Happy Birthday surrounded by a beautiful square border. This versatile pattern could also be use for many other occasions by leaving off the words and adding something else…

Prick and Stitch blog reader Cheryl Rose has sent us a picture of her variation on the free Valentine hearts pattern published here earlier in the week. Cheryl has replaced the words with a beautiful rose decoupage…

This beautiful Valentine Hearts pattern is easy for beginners to stitch and if you are experienced at embroidery on paper you will find it quick to complete. The downloadable pattern includes step-by-step instructions. As well as Valentines cards it could be used as an anniversary card. Just leave off the Valentines greeting and substituting another greeting using the free Stitching Cards TrueType font or a sticker…

I originally designed the candle pattern for my String Art Fun web site and it has been popular with string art enthusiasts. A number of card crafters have said that they would like to try it as a greetings card pattern so I have now converted it for prick and stitch…