French Knots

Names to embroider from the 19th century.

These embroidery patterns of edgings are on the straight and narrow. Well, mostly straight. Indeed they are hand drawn dating back to the 1850s before the ruler was invented. (joking)

Corner embroidery patterns specifically designed for the 45 degree angle. Many were originally for hankies but a corner is a corner…..and on this site it’s not called a border  but then some designs aren’t well defined…….Good luck!

Have some 4th of July fun with these hot patterns.

Use these embroidery patterns for pillowcases or just use parts of them!

Create your own monograms from these leafy typography embroidery patterns.  

Here’s a couple of patterns to inspire sound sleep for the little ones. Ok, maybe not but you’ll have fun stitching them anyway.

Cute baby bears doing household chores every single day of the week. You’ll notice that these are reversed from the hot iron transfers so you’ll need to switch them back depending on what method you use to transfer them to fabric i.e. if you direct trace with a light box or window then leave them

A baker’s dozen! The Workbasket published these as a series in their magazine but I somehow ended up with 13. Maybe the boy with the wreaths is the odd one and the girl angel (ha ha) is supposed to be the Christmas kid. Or one of the two Irish shamrock kids is an imposter. The

If you don’t care for having to follow outlines then fuzzy patterns are for you! Mostly short stitches and if they’re not perfectly straight, no big deal. The problem with kitten patterns is the wide variety to choose from. Probably more popular than puppies in the 1950s and 60s but then I’m a cat person.

These are outside what is considered normal for embroidery patterns. The pipe scene was included with some Father’s Day patterns and the woman in the chair is supposed to represent “Whistler’s Mother.”

Embroidery patterns of herbs for the culinary genius in the kitchen.