Make beautiful hand stitched greeting cards with patterns from Form-A-Lines

Form-A-Lines supply patterns with step-by-step instructions for you to download to your computer. We also have tutorials with details of the materials you need to make the cards. These materials are usually available from local suppliers. See our introductory tutorial to get started.

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Form-A-Lines Pattern Categories

Form-A-Lines patterns are designed to fit on a 104 x 152 mm (4.5 x 6 inches) card. They will also fit on A6 cards.

Pinbroidery Pattern Categories

Pinbroidary card stitching patterns were originally sold in their own online shop. In 2018 the Pinbroidery patterns moved here. The stitching technique for both Pinbroidery and Form-A-Lines patterns is identical. The first Pinbroidery patterns were designed to fit on square cards. Later, by popular demand, some of the designs were reconfigured to fit on rectangular cards.

Pinbroidery Square Patterns

Two pattern sizes are included: 144 x 144 mm (5.65 x 5.65 inches) and 120 x 120 mm (4.75 x 4.75 inches).

Pinbroidery Rectangle Patterns

The pattern size is 152 x 104 mm (6 x 4 inches).

How Form-A-Lines stitching cards are made.

Our project shows how to create a beautiful handmade card using the prick and stitch method. Card stitching is easy when you follow the step-by-step instructions … Read more

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.

Go to the Customer card gallery.

Form-A-Lines versus Pinbroidery

What is the difference between Form-A-Lines and Pinbroidery?

Form-A-Lines and Pinbroidary are brand names for hand-made greeting card stitching patterns. They were originally sold on two different websites. In 2018 the Pinbroidery patterns were added to the Form-A-Lines website. Both use the same stitching technique, but they differ in the range of sizes on offer.

Form-A-Lines patterns are designed to fit on a 104 x 152 mm (4.5 x 6 inches) card. They will also fit on A6 cards.

The first Pinbroidery patterns were designed to fit on square cards. They are larger than Form-A-Lines so have more space for detail and usually take longer to stitch. As time went on, some of the patterns were adapted to fit on rectangular cards. See the individual Pinbroidery product descriptions for size information.

Download delivery

Your patterns can be accessed on the Internet from any computer, tablet, iPad, or iPhone during the one-year download period. Just use your email address or username plus your password to log in to your account.

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.