Vintage hand embroidery patterns

A free download archive of embroidery & cross stitch patterns from my personal collection, includes both design / theme sets & individual charts.

Looking for free embroidery patterns? We've found some blogs and websites that offer free hand embroidery patterns for whatever mood strikes.

A review of a collection of free hand embroidery patterns hosted by the Antique Pattern Library with links to the patterns

Vintage embroidery books are full of instructions, descriptions of beautiful works and valuable information on the history of needlework and hand embroidery. Check the list of 26 free online vintage embroidery books to find some pearls!

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A free download archive of embroidery & cross stitch patterns from my personal collection, includes both design / theme sets & individual charts.

Kim of A Dork with a Needle shares a roundup of sites that offer free copies of vintage embroidery patterns, including some of our faves such as doe-c-doe and Faster, Kittykill! Blog! Blog! Check i…

When Dave was tracing out the patterns from each sheet (his hands are steadier at that kind of thing than mine are,) he put all the really small ones from each of the large pattern

This is the third or fourth blog post I've done this year sharing other people's wonderful ideas! I think I'll make it a regular monthly thing, ok? Do you enjoy discovering ideas that are clever, beautiful, or unusual, on someone's blog? I don't often have time to browse blogs, but occasionally, on a Sunday night when the family are fed, watered, and otherwise occupied, I brew myself a very large cuppa, snatch a good stack of raisin & oatmeal biscuits, and settle in for an hour or so of…

January and February bring many quiet hours for a lot of us. Bad weather, cold temperatures, and the cozy comforts of home all contribu...