Stitch this free Palm Tree motif to celebrate summer. Add the design to a t-shirt, coaster, or vacation scrapbook page.

The About.com Cross Stitch Forum never closes. It's open 24 hours, 7 days a week, and with members who are early birds and others who are night owls, the discussions continue all hours. Why not join us there, or participate in the Cross Stitch community projects by submitting a Cross Stitch tip or a Cross Stitch photo?

These free small animal motifs are great Cross Stitch patterns for beginners.

Stitch the free Am I Bugging You bookmark pattern with the floss colors of your choice.

These free Christmas patterns are quick and easy to stitch. Use them for ornaments, gift tags, or whatever holiday projects you can dream up.

Add the Cupcake Border to a towel, bookmark, or recipe box. The free pattern has a variety of frosting colors - change them as you like

Use this free cross stitch alphabet pattern to personalize your Cross Stitch designs.

This little bug motif will stitch up as a cute pin or use waste canvas to add the motif to a hat or tote bag.

These baby-themed Cross Stitch patterns are provided free by various Cross Stitch websites. If you have a question about the pattern, contact the person in charge of the website. Remember that the patterns may be copyright protected, so please respect the terms of use for the free Cross Stitch patterns.

To create the back stitch variation Whipped Back Stitch, first you stitch a back stitch line - then you whip it. (For some reason, every time I think of this stitch, I start humming a Devo song.)    Photo © Connie G. Barwick Whipped Back Stitch looks similar to cording. I chose two contrasting colors, but coordinating colors or the same color will pr...visit our site from more information

Friends are one of the things that make life sweet. I have been blessed with more than my share. I especially love keeping up with all my online friends! Design © Connie G. BarwickI always think of my friends as the family I choose - Don't get me wrong, I love my family, but it is sort of small compared to some. So, I adopt people along the way. Th...visit our site from more information

I have written before that reading is one of my favorite activities. And, of course, so is Cross Stitch! So combining stitching and reading means making bookmarks. Design © Connie G. Barwick You might want to make up some bookmarks for the Needle and ThREAD: Stitching for Literacy project. Feel free to use any of my free Bookmark patterns.The cha...visit our site from more information

This free Tile Four Pattern is one in a series of Pattern Tiles that may be used for many different Cross Stitch Projects. Stitch an individual tile for a pin, repeat a design on a bookmark, or collect several for a small sampler.Graphic © Connie G. Barwick Each tile is presented in single, two, and three color versions. An alternate idea is to stit...visit our site from more information

Raingal72 shares a project she created using the Free Medieval Cross pattern of which a detail is shown here. She writes, in part, "I was initially captivated by the Medieval cross pattern, and wanted to use it as part of a larger project. I resized the cross a little bit, and made every third stitch as colored "jewels" in all four arms of the cross."...visit our site from more information

One of the members of the About.com Cross Stitch Forum is responsible for this lovely creation. She took the free His Eye is On the Sparrow Border and added a single letter of the alphabet for a special monogrammed gift. I especially like the frame she chose for this project.Design © Connie G. BarwickCross Stitch Photo AlbumsMore information: His Eye...visit our site from more information

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809 - 1894) was an American poet who was regarded by his peers as one of the best writers of the 19th century. The quote used in this design is attributed to him. The simple floral design uses a limited color palette that may be adapted to fit your decor. In addition to the saying design, a trio of the floral motifs is i...visit our site from more information

Roses are popular flowers and this one may be stitched in any shade you like. It's perfect for celebrating Mother's Day today! I chose a rosy shade of pink, but you might prefer yellow or pink. My mom has a wide variety of roses in her yard and I am always amazed at the variety of colors her plants exhibit. And the names! The names are as lovely a...visit our site from more information

The Column Pattern Collection is a great pattern for practicing whole cross stitches, tension, and also for trying out a floss new-to-you. Like the rest, Column Two is a single color, so it would also look magnificent on a piece of hand-dyed fabric or done in a variegated floss.Design © Connie G. Barwick Of course, you could also subdivide the patter...visit our site from more information

This week Twitter announced a new version of its "Who to Follow" feature, making it a far more personal recommendation engine. The way it works, however, is that if you're logged into Twitter in the web browser, any site that calls Twitter code -- like a Tweet or Follow button -- can report your presence on that site back to Twitter. Gadget sites. Car ...visit our site from more information

Every week iMore's editors carefully cull through hundreds of thousands of iPhone and iPad apps and games, and countless accessories, and pick only one of each -- one app, one game, and one accessory. Innovative, interesting, or just plain exciting, they might might be the latest and greatest or the most newly updated, or they might be classics or hidd...visit our site from more information

The unofficial, independent Steve Jobs biopic starring Ashton Kutcher, has gotten an official name -- jOBS -- a website, and has released some new details about the production.

Apple has reportedly sent out a shiny brochure to their new neighbors, detailing aspects of the futuristic campus they're planning to build on the old HP lot.

Apple has just announced its line up for the annual iTunes Festival. The event which first started in 2007 has been hugely popular as all of the tickets are given away free of charge. The live concerts all take place at London?s The Roundhouse and it all kicks off on September 1st and goes on until September 30th.

Cuboid is a fun 3D puzzle game for the iPhone and iPad of flipping and rolling a cuboid through a maze-like puzzle placed in the setting of mystic, ancient ruins.

You?ve got the new iPad, you have tried out your front facing camera with FaceTime, but now you realize that many of your friends don?t live in the iOS world. So, how can you video chat with your BlackBerry, Android, and Windows Phone friends?

If you've been waiting on a jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1, an untethered version should be coming soon. That's according to pod2g. But is it coming to iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, and Apple TV, and which versions of each? Here's the deal.

Weekly Photo Contest: Water! Do those red badges annoy you? Overnight 4s idle: 20% drop in battery life. Why? AppleCare+ vs Squaretrade Do you want the iPhone 5 to be thinner? What's your favorite iPad Case Style?

New heroes, an open city, and dialogue are just a few of the things coming to Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes.       Keeping licensed Lego games fresh can be quite the challenge. For the upcoming Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes, developer Traveller's Tales needs to find a way to set it apart from other games in the genre. The game itself brandishes one o...visit our site from more information

Rhythm Heaven Fever looks to end the Wii's life cycle on a high note.       The popular handheld series Rhythm Heaven is finally making its debut on the Wii, and rather than requiring you to use motion controls to complete minigames, the new entry goes back to basics, incorporating properly timed button presses as its main mechanic. [ Watch Video ]Be ...visit our site from more information

Dynamic AI highlights some of what baseball fans can expect later this year with MLB 2K12.       It's hard to argue against the fact that pitching is the most important aspect of baseball. Regardless of how everyone else is playing on the field, if your pitching is lacking, then the likelihood that your team will win is diminished. 2K Sports understand...visit our site from more information

We delve deeper into the control scheme of Link's latest adventure and find out why sitting on tree logs can be beneficial to your health.   In our previous coverage of Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, we focused largely on the overall feel of the in-game world. This time, we thought we'd take things to the next level and look at what it's like to actu...visit our site from more information

Sledgehammer Games' Glen Schofield ran us through a new level from the upcoming shooter, set in the French capital of Paris.   Modern Warfare 3 is now less than a month away. For the 30 million or so people that Activision claims are playing a Call of Duty game, that's big news. But despite the numerous trailers, previews, and screens that are now out ...visit our site from more information

We head deeper into the world of Skyward Sword.       In our previous coverage of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, we gave you a brief overview of some of Link's encounters during the first few hours of the game, specifically his time in Skyloft. After riding your loftwing to victory and spending time with the lovely Zelda, some crazy stuff happens....visit our site from more information

We take a look around Skyloft in the first few hours of Skyward Sword.   Nintendo might not be developing that many games for the Nintendo Wii, but the one game that matters, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is fast approaching its November 20 release date. This latest adventure puts Link and Zelda in the skies, and we got to play through the first f...visit our site from more information

Rayman is back! Find out more details about Ubisoft's upcoming platformer.   It's been awhile since we've seen this limbless character in a proper game of his own. Sure, he's made a few appearances alongside the crazy rabbids, but it's about time that Ubisoft's mascot took center stage again. We talked to creative director, Michael Ancel, about the dev...visit our site from more information

Not forgetting about Wii owners, we try to make a FIFA City in the upcoming game.   Get the full article at GameSpot "FIFA 12 Wii - FIFA City Preview" was posted by Marko Djordjevic on Tue, 06 Sep 2011 09:00:00 -0700