During the month of August, I have been featuring a new free pattern or pattern collection each day. Just in case you have missed the ones featured so far,...
Website on Needlepoint and cross stitch. Generate your own text as a pattern. Calculate your stitching project, count vs stitches vs dimensions. Convert English measurements to centimeter.
How cool is it to be able to cross stitch a Banksy - rather than picture of a kitten holding some flowers? The patterns are provided free and are surprisingly simple to do .
EB Cross-stitch patterns: I'm looking for a place where I can get cross-stitch patterns for baseball team logos of the American and National Leagues. ...
Always start stitching from the center of your fabric. To find the center on your fabric, fold the fabric in half twice. The center will be at the intersection of the two folds.
... in the United Kingdom featured the Easy-Count Guideline™ in its The World of Cross Stitching and Cross Stitch Crazy publications in the summer of 2008. ...
Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas- so many holidays, so little time! Hopefully, the projects you are working for the upcoming months are well under way.
August 3, 2000 -- Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers DAYTON, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 3, 2000 PatternsOnline Site combines selection, ease of use, and immediate...
November 1, 2000 -- Is the cross-stitch industry crafty enough to halt Napsteresque pattern swapping? The Bible, not to mention Pete Seeger in "Turn, Turn, Turn," says...
... business administration from National American University. In her free time, Garry enjoys cross-stitching, reading and watching her children’s activities.
This is an interesting article. I still like the counted cross stitch the best. Happy reading. If you go into a typical craft store, you will see the supplies for many types of crafts. For cross stitching, you will find thread, beads, fabric, patterns and kits. Looking at the cross stitch kits, you can see that there are several different types to choose from. Below, is a quick description of each type of kit and the main advantage and disadvantage for each one. Counted Cross Stitch...
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Contrary to popular belief, cross stitching can be interesting. Cross stitching can also add interest to a room in several ways. One way is to repeat elements that are found in a detailed cross stitch pattern and place these elements throughout the room. Another way is to set up part of a room to look exactly like a pattern. Finally, a third way is to have a picture converted to a cross stitch pattern and then display both the picture and the finished cross stitched piece. One way you can add...
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Alhamdulillah, Allah SWT gave us the strenght and patience in dealing with misfortunes. After two weeks of being hospitalized, my father getting better. His health deteriorated in the last two years and being hospitalized in National Cardiovascular Center in capitol Jakarta was his routine --well, the best was bimonthly-- since last Ramadhan. Unfortunately, when my old man was getting better, last week, my mother had serious breathing problem and being hospitalized too...
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After successfully stitched the simple pattern Masjid, my niece asked her mother to give her another simple pattern to work on. So, here they are: the simple designs she loves very much. The patterns only using black and white threads (DMC no. 310 and 5200 or you can use Anchor no. 403 and 1), and only 17 by 24 centimetres in finished design size. Other information on the patterns are shown below:
Details
Item Code
MAH 001 (Right) and MAH 002 (Leftt)
Title
Bird...
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Our free pattern this time is potrait of Ka'bah. When first time my sister Wein saw the picture, she told me that the man sitting there was just like our brother. Well, if it were newer picture we would think it was our brother when he went for hajj in 2004. LOL
I made minor adjustment by changing the sky on original picture with our own creation. For us, it looked nicer and we hope you see it like we do ;)
Item Code
SCE 003
Title
Old Time Ka'bah
Size
165 X 219...
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Cross stitch, or kristik/strimin/tusuk silang in Bahasa Indonesia and Malay, is an old craft art. It's been existed for couple thousand years, and well developed in many parts of the world. This is not a surprise since making cross stitch is easy to learn, and give the stitchers not only leisure, but often profit too. Basically, making cross stitch is stitching crosses according to certain chosen pattern.
Preparation
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This time, our free cross stitch pattern is still very simple one. This new baby mostly stitched in blocks of color. For 14ct fabric, the finished design size is about 10.22" by 10.22" (you can use the cross stitch calculator on right sidebar for precise size). I stitched the pattern using Anchor cotton threads, but if you prefer to work with DMC, dont worry, I include DMC substitute for the threads on the pattern.
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