Sep

Embroider Amish

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I want to make my friend a quilt for her baby shower gift?

My grandmother is Amish so she can help me with the quilting but I want to cross stitch the blocks. I want to find blocks for a quilt but all the ones I see online are pre printed...I want to do the embroidering...any websites with cute blocks? or suggest how I should word my searches
When it says prestamped does that mean the picture is already printed because I was to cross stitch the pattern... I just want to know where to put the stitches

If you're willing to buy the block kits, Herrshner's has a lot of cute stuff - see the 'alphabet block kit' on the link, for instance. (They're a good, well-known company, and they've been around forever - i bought stuff from them 20 years ago.)

http://www.herrschners.com/depts/id-5549.html

http://www.herrschners.com/depts/id-5547.html

Searching for
cross-stitch blocks for baby quilts
gets you some good links.
If you're looking for free charts, start here.

http://crossstitch.about.com/od/baby/tp/babypatternspik.htm

Good luck and happy stitching.
Edit for 'Addl details': 'Pre-stamped' or 'pre-printed' means x's are printed on the fabric to show you where to stitch, and you stitch over them (often but not always, the marking ink disappears when the fabric is washed). Counted cross-stitch means nothing is pre-marked and you have to count the threads to know where to stitch. For this kind of project, pre-stamped is usually the easiest choice.
Edit again: The choice of technique may come down to the washing method you expect your friend to use. Aida cloth, for counted cross-stitch, usually does better with hand-washing, whereas the fabric used for most stamped cross-stitch can generally be machine-washed and dried (cold, gentle cycle). Also, because of the holes in Aida cloth, polyester batting is probably not a good idea - plan to use either flannel or needlepunched cotton (like Warm & White) instead.