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Free Printable Counted Cross Stitch Patterns On The Internet |
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Julia Wigham |
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Free Printable Counted Cross Stitch Patterns On The Internet
Julia Wigham
With a computer, a printer and the internet you have access to a popular source and massive range of free printable counted cross stitch patterns.
DMC, which is one of the most recognizable brands of cotton and linen embroidery floss, offers several free cross stitch designs that are easy to download and print. There are several alphabet patterns, floral designs, animal items and other novelty patterns. It has ideas for the novice crafter and those with more developed skills.
Michaels craft store is one that offers several patterns and uses the free printable cross stitch patterns as a way to get people on to their web site. There are over 100 patterns with some that are pure cross stitch and some that combine cross stitch projects with other crafts. Often these are the same patterns that they have given away at their store or sometimes they get the free patterns from cross stitch supply companies.
Another website, DLTK, includes a selection of free printable counted cross stitch patterns for children. One nice feature of these children's patterns is the inclusion of step-by-step instructions for the stitching and also information on what fabric to choose There are a variety of patterns that include florals and animals and also seasonal and holiday patterns. Because of the ease of use, these patterns can be useful for beginning cross stitchers as well as children.
Crafters share their free printable counted cross stitch patterns on regular web sites and on blogs. There are sites which offer blank cross stitch graphs for stitchers to design their own patterns. Blog search engines like technorati.com or blogcatalog.com offer ways to find the patterns that are out there and available.
Other major web sites that offer free patterns are about.com, which includes free graphs and links to other sites, allfreecrafts.com, freepatterns.com, stitchingthenightaway.com and many others. Some of the sites require registration in order to get access to the free patterns for cross stitch, but the amount of patterns that are available are worth it to complete the registration.
Using the internet to find free printable counted cross stitch patterns can help you save money, which can then be invested in better quality materials, threads and framing supplies. Have fun searching and stitching.
Julia Wigham is an experienced author and co-founder of Patterns Patch http://www.patternspatch.com/r/) cross stitch forums. An online cross stitch club whose members get free: patterns, articles and tutorials. Come to our colorful => http://www.patternspatchblog.com/ cross stitch blogs today! This article is available as a http://www.uberarticles.com/?id=26428&b=79 unique content article with free reprint rights.
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