Free Embroidery and Sewing Patterns at Knitting-and.com

This page contains my entire collection of vintage embroidery patterns and booklets, plus a selection of orignal designs and projects.

Hand Embroidery
Machine Embroidery
Sewing and Embroidery Projects
Embroidery and Sewing Gadgets, Tips and Techniques

Hand Embroidery

Indian Inspired Motifs (includes a pes file of the peacock design for the Brother range of embroidery machines)

Redback Spider

Skull and Crossbones

Small Motifs and Fun Ideas for Computer Fonts

Velvet Appliqué Pansies

Vintage Style Hibiscus

Vintage How-To and Design Booklets

The School Book of Embroidery 1935

The Anchor Needlework Series

This series of small booklets were originally published by the Needlework Development Scheme in Scotland in the 1930s and 40s. They were published under several different brand names until the 1960s.

Each booklet contains instructions and sample designs using a number of different stitches.

First Embroidery Stitches: Anchor Needlework Series Book 1 c1949

More Embroidery Stitches: Anchor Needlework Series Book 2 c1949

Embroidery Stitches: Anchor Needlework Series Book 3 c1949

Embroidery Stitches: Anchor Needlework Series Book 4 c1949

Embroidery Stitches: Anchor Needlework Series Book 5 c1949

Vintage Transfers and Transfer Booklets

The following designs are from vintage transfers and are believed to be in the public domain. I have scanned the original transfers and cleaned up the images to make them usable.

Butterflies

Butterflies and Dragonfly c1920

Butterflies and Dragonflies Set 2 c1920

Butterflies and Dragonflies Set 3 c1940

Butterfly Cutwork Motif (also great for other styles of embroidery) c1940

Cutwork Butterflies c1940

Dotted Butterflies (Broderie Anglaise) c1945

Simple Cutwork Butterfly c1930

Critters and Characters

Boy and Girl Bunnies c1920-30

Bunnies in Love 1956

Bunnies and Piggies c1930

Buttercups and Daisies (Frolicking Lambs) c1950

Cats and Butterflies 1955

Deer, Trees and Flowers 1950

Dogs c1920-30

Elephant

Elves c1920-30

Gulls and Ducks c1920-30

Happy Easter (chicks, bunnies, nests and flowers) c1950

Kitten Faces c1920-30

Lady Reading in the Garden 1950

Little Red Riding Hood c1920-30

Semco Transfer Booklet 1: Small Kindergarten Designs (kittens, lambs, cowboys etc) c1940

Squirrels c1920-30

Teddy Bear Appliqués

Weldon's Nursery Designs #20782 c1930's

WWII Victory Kittens, a rare American WWII era transfer sheet

Dutch

Dutch Character Border c1945

Dutch Girl and Motifs: Weldons Ladies Journal, April 1938

Dutch Girl with Flowers

Flowers

Art Deco Floral Centre c1945

Calligraphic Flower Border c1930

Corner Motif

Cutwork Flower Motifs (also great for other styles of embroidery) c1940

Daisy Border c1940

Deer, Trees and Flowers 1950

Fantasy Flowers c1920

Fantasy Flower with French Knots c1945

Floral Motifs February 1937

Flower Baskets, Border and Pot c1920-30

Flower Border c1930

Geometric Flower c1928

Hollyhock Borders c1940

In My Garden - partial transfer from 1950

Lady Reading in the Garden 1950

Large Floral Bouquet c1930

Lucky Easter Flowers c1950

Medium Floral Motifs (each flower has a matching tiny motif) c1935

Round Floral Centre c1940

Scalloped Floral Border c1940

Semco Transfer Booklet 6: Medium Floral Sprays (includes butterfly designs) c1940

Semco Transfer Booklet 11: Lazy Daisy Designs for Baby Wear c1940

Small Floral Motifs c1930

Tiny Flower Border (also great as individual motifs) c1940

Wedding Bells and Bouquets c1950

Geometric

Geometric Dress Motifs c1940

Sunbonnets

Sunbonnet Ladies Days of the Week c1934

Machine Embroidery

These files are in PES format for the Brother range of machines. Your conversion program will have to support version 2 files for many of these designs to work. Check your software's web site for information.