Animal Charts This section includes patterns of birds, felines and different types of land animals.		Kid Designs Check out bunnies, teddy bears and all sorts of kiddie designs.
Floral & Misc Cross Stitch Contains carnation, roses and blossoming flowers. In addition to floral designs, also includes some misc patterns.		Marine Life Small collection of fish, dolphins and other marine life.
Religious Cross Stitch Includes a few religious-inspired charts.		Motifs This section offers decorative motifs and simple patterns

Free Cross Stitch Designs and Patterns

Our x-stitch section offers a total of 72 free counted cross stitch patterns available for direct download and printing. We are constantly adding new charts so make sure you revisit. Our latest chart is called "Christmas Bells Border" and was added on October 23, 2008.

The History of Needlework

Needlework is a term applied to two classes of handcraft involving fabrics. The first, embroidery, is the embellishment of a fabric by designs worked in thread with a needle. The second includes methods of forming a single thread or strand of threads into a loose- or tight-textured fabric. The best known of these methods are knitting and crochet. Such methods are distinguished from lace making (see Lace), which is an elaborate form of plaiting or braiding. Read more about the history of needlework