Pink Flower - free embroidery pattern

Hello, and welcome! Here's a new free small embroidery pattern - colorful, easy and perfect for beginners!

How to Transfer an Embroidery Pattern onto an Already-Made Bag

Remember the cupcake embroidery pattern I shared last week? (find it here, in case you missed it before). I embroidered it directly on an already existing fabric gift bag and the fact is that embroidering an already-made bag may be a lovely way to give it a personal touch—but transferring the design can be a little trickier than working with a flat piece of fabric. It means, for example, that my tried and true method of outlining the pattern against a window pane doesn't really work...

So here are a couple of alternatives for pattern transfer when you're embroidering onto a bag or a thicker piece of fabric.

Cupcake - free embroidery pattern

Hello, and welcome! Today I'm sharing here a small cupcake embroidery pattern - easy and perfect for beginners!

Mushroom - free embroidery pattern

Hello, and welcome! Today I'm sharing here a small mushroom embroidery pattern - easy and perfect for this season!

Colorful Stars - free embroidery pattern

Hello, and welcome! Today I'm sharing here a small but colorful embroidery pattern featuring a set of falling stars!

Colorful Flower - free embroidery pattern

Hello, and welcome! Today I'm sharing here a small but very colorful embroidery pattern featuring a flower outline!

Summer embroidery zipper pouch

Hello, and welcome! Sometime last year I shared here a free embroidery pattern that I named "summer drink". Maybe I should have named it "summer cocktail" instead, I even debated going back and changing it, but what is done is done, so "summer drink" it stayed. 

In any case, the embroidery lived in its little hoop and for over a year decorated my sewing space. Recently I've reorganized a bit and decided to remove the hoop. But the embroidery looked so much fun I decided to find another use for it and turned it into a summer zipper pouch instead.

  

Finishing a vintage embroidery project

If you follow me on Instagram you've already seen the before and after of this project. It all started with a half finished embroidery of a pair of cute cats I found while going through my mother's things. 

The fabric was hemmed, the crochet border was complete, but parts of the cats were missing. And since I can't resist a good embroidery challenge - or cute cats - I brought it home and decided to give it a go and try to finish it.

Summer drink - free embroidery pattern

Hello, and welcome! Today I'm sharing here a small but very colorful embroidery pattern featuring a summer-style drink!

Cactus - free embroidery pattern

Hello, and welcome! Today I'm sharing here a mini-embroidery pattern: simple and easy but very cute cactus.

Balloons - free embroidery pattern

Hello, and welcome! A couple of weeks ago I posted here the Bright Balloons Cross Stitch Pattern, and today I'm sharing the embroidery pattern version of that design: 

Home embroidery sign - with free printable pattern

Hello, and welcome! Today I'm sharing here a cute home sign. 

I made this as a gift for some friends buying their first house and I loved it, so I turned my initial drawings into a pattern that you can download and embroider yourself too.