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Free Embroidery Patterns

Suitable for Hand Embroidery, Crewel Embroidery, and Redwork

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Printable Coloring Pages

Sherri Osborn, About.com Guide to Family Crafts, offers free printable coloring pages in a wide variety of themes. She has also collected links to coloring pages from around the web. Many of these pages will be easily adapted to embroidery. Just be sure to respect copyrights and terms of use. Most pages are offered for your personal use only.

Vintage Kitchen Proverbs

These patterns were intended for use on dishtowels, but they will be great for other uses. Be sure to check out the puppies, kittens, and fruit patterns listed as well.

Wide Variety of Primitive Embroidery Patterns

Jennie Baer of Homeberries.com offers a wide selection of free designs for your stitching pleasure.

Bird and Eggs Embroidery

Tricia Rennea shares a cute pattern with a chick and eggs. Check out her other free artwork for possible embroidery usage.

Embroider Your Own Buttons

Erika Kern shares several quick ways to make embroidered buttons. Her ideas will be adaptable to other projects as well.

Free Patterns from Di van Niekerk

A number of free patterns from Di van Niekerk along with tips and hints about completeing the designs.

Submit a Photo of Your Embroidery Project

Share a photo of embroidery projects with your fellow stitchers.

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