How do I work out the repeat?

Count one repeat across the chart, then stitch it as many times as your length needs.

What is a corner turn?

The way a border changes direction at a corner. The floral chart shows one at the right end.

Which style prints easily?

The symbol chart, for black-and-white printing.

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Cross stitch borders: floral, geometric and folk repeats

Cross stitch borders — a cross-stitch chart of a floral border band, small roses and leaves repeating along the length, the repeat bracketed and a corner turn shown at the right end, a clean colour chart, each cross stitch a small flat coloured X filling its square, fine light-gray grid lines, a heavier line every ten squares

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Reading 1Floral

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Reading 3Folk

A border frames a sampler, finishes a towel edge or runs along a bookmark. These nine charts give three repeats: a floral band with a corner turn, three stacked geometric borders, and a red and black folk band. Each comes as a colour chart, a symbol chart for black-and-white printing, or a hand-coloured worksheet. Type a different border and the same repeat layout carries it.

a sampler frame
a towel edge
a bookmark strip
a card border

Frequently asked questions

How do I work out the repeat?: Count one repeat across the chart, then stitch it as many times as your length needs.
What is a corner turn?: The way a border changes direction at a corner. The floral chart shows one at the right end.
Which style prints easily?: The symbol chart, for black-and-white printing.

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This page is a showcase and a starting point: nine samples already rendered, three readings of the pack crossed with three styles, each shown at the size and ratio it was made for. Take any of them further on the wall with a few words, or ask for all nine again under your own direction; a sign-in keeps what you make, and it is free while Toile is new. The recipe behind each sample — the subject, the style, the palette, the framing — travels with the image rather than staying private to the render: it is in the alt text of every sample and in the page's own structured data, so a search engine reads the same handles a person would.