Free Cross Stitch Patterns

Free Cross Stitch Alphabet Patterns

• by Caterina Mezzapelle

Have you decided to cross-stitch the school apron for your child? Did you find a  cross-stitch alphabet pattern? If you are looking for an embroidery pattern with simple cross stitch letters, I suggest you to register now at www.arte ricamo.eu and visit the page dedicated to the free cross stitch patterns.

The cross-stitch alphabet shown in the picture above is available in the section “Cross Stitch Alphabet Patterns, where you’ll find a series of simple and complex scripts that could be useful to customize your children linen.

Free Cross Stitch Patterns

Free Halloween Cross Stitch Patterns – Pumpkins

• by Caterina Mezzapelle

Are you looking for Halloween cross-stitch patterns? In addition to the cross stitch patterns of ghosts, Artedelricamo has selected for you some cross stitch patterns with Halloween pumpkins useful to decorate every corner of your home. You can embroider linens for the kitchen, for your living room and the bedroom of your children.

On Blogs Blisstree there is a simple cross-stitch pattern with a border of pumpkins to stitch on linen for the kitchen. Continue reading →

Free Cross Stitch Patterns

Free Halloween Cross Stitch Patterns – Ghosts

• by Caterina Mezzapelle

Do you want to decorate your home linens embroidering ghosts, pumpkins, bats and witches for Halloween? Artedelricamo has selected for you some cross-stitch patterns dedicated to Halloween . You can customize with a needle and colored threads individual placemats, pot holders, aprons, tea towels and pillows.

The patterns are very simple to do so you can also engage and encourage your children to embroider pictures, postcards, gift cards to your friends.

You can also embroider and cross stitch on Aida cloth bags of using the free embroidery patterns proposed below, to be used to offer sweets for Halloween. Continue reading →

Embroidery Classes

Open Chain Stitch

• by Caterina Mezzapelle

This quick and easy  embroidery stitch is a variation of chain stitch.  It gives a ladder-like effect, it is also known as Roman chain or square chain stitch, ladder stitch, small writing (when the stitches are narrow) and big writing (when the stitches are wide).

Open chain stitch can be worked to give either an open or closed effect, to do it you can simply adjusting the spacing between parallel lines to make a heavy outline and can couch down cards, narrow embroidery thread or ribbons. Continue reading →

Embroidery Classes

Heavy Chain Stitch

• by Caterina Mezzapelle

  • Bring the thread through at (A) and take a small vertical stitch.
  • Bring the thread through again at (B) and pass the needle under the vertical stitch, without piercing the fabric, and insert it again at (B).
  • Bring the thread through at (C) and again pass the needle under the vertical stitch and insert it at (C).
  • The third and all following stitches are made in exactly the same way, except that the needle always passes under the two preceding loops.
Free Cross Stitch Patterns

Free Grape Cross Stitch Patterns

• by Caterina Mezzapelle

Are you looking for free grape cross stitch patterns? Artedelricamo has selected for you some patterns to cross stitch borders with bunches of grapes to embroider tablecloths and napkins and individual towels.

Embroider a bunch of grapes is symbol of life and prosperity, many embroiderers choose, in the months of September and October, to decorate her own linen for the kitchen with red or yellow grapes and green leaves.

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Free Cross Stitch Patterns

Free Apple Cross Stitch Patterns

• by Caterina Mezzapelle

Artedelricamo has selected for you the best cross-stitch patterns with lots of delicious apples to embroider on tablecloths, individual tablecloths, potholders, aprons and tea towels.  It ‘nice to customize your own linen making unique and special embroidery work for your home.

On the blog of needlepoint.about.com is available an embroidery pattern with colored apples to embroider in cross stitch or needlepoint.

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