Free embroidery designs and lessons

Free embroidery designs are a great way to learn hand embroidery.

Free patterns can be found on this site for all sorts of needlework techniques, including...

Something for everyone...and more are added regularly.

Free blackwork patterns

It is possible to create intricate patterns using a single colour of thread with these free embroidery designs for blackwork.

• Beginners floral motif
• Try shading with these pears
• Harvest time motif
• Add a border in pattern darning
• Celtic blackwork bookmark

Cross stitch freebies

Counted cross stitch is simple but like anything new, clear instructions and tips can help you get started.

• A pink elephant in cross stitch
• A cute Christmas penguin
• A turkey for Thanksgiving or Christmas
• A bunny with a heart for a Valentines card
• A mouse in a teacup (pdf file)
• Assisi rose in long armed cross stitch

Surface embroidery (not counted)

• A scrumptious strawberry in lazy daisy stitch
• A redwork hen
• A padded satin stitch initial
• A fish using chain stitch variations

Hardanger

A complete free mini course for you in these free embroidery patterns in hardanger.

• Lesson 1 in hardanger needlework - a pretty diamond shaped design that introduces kloster blocks, cutting, needleweaving and square filling stitch.
• Lesson 2 - is a square design that teaches you fancy kloster blocks, wrapped bars and doves eyes.
• Lesson 3 is a bookmark. You will learn eyelets and buttonhole stitch edging here.
• Lesson 4 hardanger instructions include four side stitch and a spiders web filling.
• Lesson 5 on hemstitch shows a different way to finish off the edges of your Hardanger projects
• Lesson 6 is a sweet hardanger Christmas card

Needlepoint patterns

• Poppy coaster on plastic canvas
• A Bargello Christmas bell

Free embroidery patterns for whitework

• A pulled work diamond design
• Band 1 of the white work sampler
• Band 2 introduces drawn thread work
• Band 3 includes pulled work stitches - satin and back stitch
• Band 4 - diamond eyelets and double back stitch leaves
• Band 5 -try pulled honeycomb stitch
• Band 6 - three sided stitch and ringed back stitch
• Band7 - diagonal four sided stitch border

Stumpwork

• Stumpwork bunny
• Needlelace daffodil
• Needlelace heart

Recent Articles

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1. X-Calibre Blackwork kits for beginners by Carol Leather

   Jan 26, 22 07:31 PM

   

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2. How do you do herringbone stitch? Learn this basic embroidery stitch

   Jan 25, 22 06:54 PM

   

   This herringbone stitch embroidery tutorial from Carol Leather gives step-by-step instructions with pictures along with variations to the basic stitch

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3. Master chain stitch embroidery today!

   Jan 25, 22 06:52 PM

   

   Master chain stitch embroidery today and have lots of variations to play with.

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4. Blackwork animals to download and stitch

   Jan 25, 22 05:56 AM

   

   Portraits of blackwork animals can look lifelike with careful shading. Choose from these 5 stunning designs.

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