Make beautiful hand stitched greetings cards.
Here’s how.
A pricking template is printed on paper and positioned over your card. The design is transferred by pricking holes through the paper and card. It is then stitched by following the numbered diagram and step-by-step instructions. There is more info in our tutorial.
Form-A-Lines and Pinbroidery are brand names, the sewing technique is the same.
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How Form-A-Lines stitching cards are made.
A pricking pattern is printed on paper and positioned over a blank greetings card. The design is transferred by pricking holes through the paper template and the card. It is then stitched by following the numbered diagram and step-by-step instructions.
Our tutorial shows how prick and stitch cards are made
Try one of our free patterns to see what you get.
Customer card gallery
Form-A-Lines customers have used our patterns to create some beautiful cards. See how they have used pattern backgrounds, decorative accessories, and added greetings.
Single or multicolour
Some patterns are designed to be stitched with one colour of thread, but with a little imagination they can be stitched in multicolours. See our multicolour tutorial for more information.
Download delivery
Your patterns can be accessed on the Internet from any computer, tablet, iPad, or iPhone during the one-year download period. The patterns will be available for download from links on the order confirmation page, from links in the order confirmation email, or from your Form-A-Lines account if you create one during checkout.
The pattern files
The patterns are supplied as PDF files. Anyone, anywhere, can open a PDF file. All you need is PDF reader software. This is available free from the Adobe website for MS Windows. Go to the Apple app store for the iPad and Play Store for Android devices. Many web browsers can also open PDF files for viewing and printing.