PinBroidery

This category page shows a list of our posts featuring hand-stitched cards made with patterns from the Pinbroidery range. The patterns are sold at Form-A-Lines.

Free heart circle curve stitching pattern

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Pinbroidery heart circle

An eye-catching curve stitching design that creates a heart within a circle has been added here. The illustration shows the design stitched in confetti pink thread. The pattern size is 120 mm x 120 mm (4¾ x 4¾ inches). Please note that this is a challenging pattern designed for advanced stitchers. If you would like … Read more

Initial stitching patterns added to our range

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Seven card designs featuring the initials A through to G have been added to the PinBroidery pattern collection. More initials will be added in due course. These PinBroidery initial patterns make beautiful personalised cards for birthdays and other special occasions. The patterns are supplied in two sizes; 144 x 144 mm (5.65 x 5.65 inches) … Read more

Prick and stitch Christmas tree in black and red

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PinBroidery customer Ivy Crowhurst has sent us a picture of her interpretation of the PinBroidery Christmas tree design. The tree is beautifully stitched in black thread with deep red beads for the decorations and red and silver beads for the candles. It makes a striking card that has a gothic feel to it.

How to combine the PinBroidery number patterns

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Ten new number patterns have been added to the PinBroidery pattern collection. They feature the numbers 0 to 9 entwined with decorative flowers and leaves. Numbers can be combined to make any number. The individual numbers are centralised on the pattern. When two patterns are combined they will look more attractive if each number is … Read more

How to resize a pricking pattern

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The easiest way to resize a pricking pattern is to use the percentage print setting provided by the Foxit PDF reader. This is available as a free download from www.foxitsoftware.com .

If you are unable to use the Foxit PDF reader to scale your printout you could take a snapshot of your computer screen with the “PrtScrn” (print screen) key and then paste the result into an image editing program. This procedure will enable you to change the size of a pricking pattern. This demonstration uses Microsoft Windows XP together with the Microsoft Paint image editing program.

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Where to buy square double-fold cards

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Double fold cards have three panels and two fold lines. The design is stitched on the centre panel. When the stitching is finished the right-hand panel is folded inside and fixed with card adhesive or double-sided self-adhesive tape. This hides the back of the stitching. Designs on our sister website Form-A-Lines, fit a card size … Read more