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This week’s card is called Ann’s Birthday and was made by Nette. This attractive card was made using the PinBroidery Initial A Pattern.

Nette said “I chalked in the initial after stitching”.

Cards featured here must have been posted in either the Stitching Cards forum gallery or the Forum-A-Lines forum gallery. The card should be based on a Stitching Cards pattern or a Form-A-Lines pattern. This picture was posted in the Stitching Cards forum gallery.

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This week’s card is called Pop up style easel card and was made by Nanna. This attractive card was made using the PinBroidery Number Patterns 6 and 0.

Nanna said “The template is from David’s prick and stitch blog. The numbers are from the Pinbroidery site”.

Here is a link to the pop up slider card instructions.

Cards featured here must have been posted in either the Stitching Cards forum gallery or the Forum-A-Lines forum gallery. The card should be based on a Stitching Cards pattern or a Form-A-Lines pattern. This picture was posted in the Forum-A-Lines forum gallery.

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I have created templates for two diamond fold cards with a finished size of 100mm x 100mm  (4 x 4  inches) when folded flat. Template 1 has diamond size of 100mm (4 inches) square. Template 2 has more folds and a diamond size of 70mm (2¾ inches) square. Both templates would be easy to scale up if required.

Diamond fold card template 1.

I have used template 1 with the PinBroidery MM-4 Mini Tulips Pattern for the card above. It is stitched on white card and mounted on the diamond fold card with sticky fixers.

The card is made from a sheet of card 200mm x 200mm (8 inches x 8 inches). Mark the edges at 100mm (4 inch) intervals. Cut away the bottom-right square. Score the dotted lines. The blue dotted lines are valley folds and the red dotted lines are mountain folds when viewed from the front. The finished card will measure 100mm (4 inches) square when folded flat.

Diamond fold card template 2.

I was inspired to write this post about diamond fold templates when I saw Patsy’s beautiful Easter Diamond card in the Form-A-Lines forum gallery. It is shown above. Patsy used the free Easter egg pattern from this website. She reduced the pattern size to 65% to fit the diamond shape. Template 2 is similar to the one used by Patsy.

The card is made from a sheet of card 300mm x 100mm (12 inches x 4 inches). Mark the long edges at 50mm (2 inch) intervals. Score the dotted lines. The blue dotted lines are valley folds and the red dotted lines are mountain folds when viewed from the front. The finished card will measure 100mm (4 inches) square when folded flat.

Download the diamond fold card templates

The templates are in a PDF file and you will need Adobe Reader to view and print them. Adobe Reader software can be downloaded free of charge from the Adobe website.

Please let me know how you get on with these templates by adding a comment to this post.

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.

The remaining initials have been added to the Pinbroidery pattern collection. They are available individually and also in three sets: A to G, H to N and O to Z.

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) and 120 x 120 mm (4.75 x 4.75 inches). This gives you the flexibility to choose the size that suits your style of card making and to comply with any postal regulations on large sizes of cards.

Seven card designs featuring the initials A through to G have been added to the pattern collection at the Pinbroidery web site. 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) and 120 x 120 mm (4.75 x 4.75 inches). This gives you the flexibility to choose the size that suits your style of card making and to comply with any postal regulations on large sizes of cards.

Please let me know how you get on with the initial designs in a comment to this post.

Following customer feedback a set of six mini Christmas prick and stitch patterns have been released at the Pinbroidery web site. The size of these patterns is 88 mm x 114 mm (3.5 x 4.5 inches). These mini patterns use sections of the larger Value Pack 3 Christmas patterns also available at Pinbroidery. They feature bells, candles, Happy Christmas, a fur tree, a poinsettia and a sleigh. These patterns make beautiful cards for the Christmas season.

If you want to try this size of pattern before you buy there are two free mini stitching patterns in the free section of the Pinbroidery web site. These are a reworking of the free flower corners and star border patterns.

I chose the 88 mm x 114 mm size because blank double-fold cards of this size are readily available in the UK from suppliers such as Craft Creations.

As mentioned in my post about the release of the mini flower patterns, a lot of customers have asked me to design smaller versions of the square Pinbroidery patterns. When a customer asked for much smaller cards I realised that this could be achieved by taking elements of the larger design without reducing them. An experiment on the two free Pinbroidery patterns showed that this was possible so I moved on to the William Morris inspired flower designs followed by the mini Christmas designs.

Please let me know what you think about this smaller size of pattern.

Following customer feedback a set of six mini flower prick and stitch patterns have been released at the Pinbroidery web site. The size of these patterns is 88 mm x 114 mm (3.5 x 4.5 inches). These mini patterns use sections of the larger square William Morris inspired patterns also available at Pinbroidery. They make beautiful cards for birthdays, congratulations and other special occasions.

If you want to try this size of pattern before you buy there are two free mini stitching patterns in the free section of the Pinbroidery web site. These are a reworking of the free flower corners and star border patterns.

I chose the 88 mm x 114 mm size because blank double-fold cards of this size are readily available in the UK from suppliers such as Craft Creations.

A lot of customers have asked me to design smaller versions of the square Pinbroidery patterns. When a customer asked for much smaller cards I realised that this could be achieved by taking elements of the larger design without reducing them. An experiment on the two free Pinbroidery patterns showed that this was possible so I moved on to the William Morris inspired flower designs.

I am now working on some mini versions of the Pinbroidery Christmas patterns.

Please let me know what you think about this smaller size of pattern.

Six Christmas card designs have been added to the pattern collection at the Pinbroidery web site. They feature bells, candles, holly with mistletoe, a fur tree, a poinsettia and a sleigh.

The patterns are supplied in two sizes; 144 x 144 mm (5.65 x 5.65 inches) and 120 x 120 mm (4.75 x 4.75 inches). This gives you the flexibility to choose the size that suits your style of card making and to comply with any postal regulations on large sizes of cards.

The designs were inspired by a mixture of traditional and Victorian Christmas cards and have been given a modern twist. Some of the patterns contain a lot of detail and will take a while to stitch whilst others have less so should be quicker to finish.

Please let me know how you get on with the Christmas designs in a comment to this post.

Cards featured here must have been posted in either the Stitching Cards forum gallery or the Forum-A-Lines forum gallery. The card should be based on a Stitching Cards pattern or a Form-A-Lines pattern.

This weeks card is called 40th Birthday and was made by CapricornK.

This beautiful card was made using the Pinbroidery number patterns.

CapricornK said: “Couldn’t wait to try the new numbers! used metalic threads in copper, green and purple”.

It was posted in the Form-A-Lines forum gallery.

Would you like to enter your card as contender for “Forum gallery stitching card of the week”? All you have to do is post it in either Stitching Cards forum gallery or the Forum-A-Lines forum gallery. Forum membership is required to post pictures. Go to the forum and click the “Join” link to join.