French Knots

Here’s a variety of bears….mama bear with her cubs, bears with balloons, wearing bowties and a couple of bear heads also for the kids. Mr. Panda is a bit more serious but he can be fun too! As with all the patterns here, they are free and available for immediate download by click in the

Here are some darling nursery rhyme patterns for the wonderful children in your life. Make a quilt or two with our dear friend Jack Be Nimble and his sister, Little Miss Muffet stricken with arachnophobia. Well, I can hardly blame her!

Here’s another days-of-the-week embroidery pattern set of tableware featuring roses and daisies…always a crowd favorite!

Here’s some pretty bows and baskets for your embroidering pleasure. Use them as-is or add them to another pattern for your own unique creation. Maybe you’d like a serving of flowers with your bows and yep, we’ve got those too in the Bows With Flowers post.

Here’s a set of 5 baby animals with blanket stitch detail for a cute baby or toddler quilt. They are 7-1/2″ tall so they would work on an 8 – 9 inch block or reduce them to any size you prefer.

The house is a-rockin’ with these rocking horse embroidery patterns.

Embroidery patterns of tools and materials that you would use in the actual process of embroidering, knitting , sewing and tatting. Kinda weird, yes, but hey, why not?

Embroidery patterns getting out of hand? Rein them in with these delightful reindeer patterns.

Going green? Here’s some au natural embroidery patterns including trees, mistletoe, holly and some red poinsettias. They would work up nicely in redwork too!

This cute little set of baby animals were pretty small – 2″ wide at most. I’ve enlarged them so they can be traced for larger projects but of course, they can always be sized down if you need a small motif for a layette. The “fuzzy” dashes are fun to do when you don’t feel

These Christmas stockings are stuffed full of toys and other goodies that defy wrapping paper and a bow. In the old days (hey, this is a vintage site) parents left an orange in the stocking which was a real treat in winter. It signified the promise of Spring that everyone was waiting anxiously for considering

These nursery rhyme embroidery patterns make great quilt blocks in case you’re making a quilt for a special little person. There are many to choose from in this category so mix and match as you see fit!