Free Embroidery Hoop Art Patterns

I’ve always loved seeing other people’s hand embroidery.  It’s like art with a needle.  I knew that I wanted to create something special to go on the wall of my little girls’ room, so I drew some scenes to make some embroidery hoop art patterns.  Everything was hand-stitched by me onto 100% linen fabric.  I absolutely love how they turned out, and I’m planning a whole room themed around them.  Click here and here to see some other elements that I made for the room.  If you need help with any of the stitches, I have video guides on my embroidery stitches guide page.

The best part about hand embroidery is always the little details!  French knots make great curls, and for the braids, I used a cross stitch.  The rainbow is a large running stitch and more french knots for the dandelions.  Do you see the lazy daisy stitched bows and the ends of the braids?  Details! 🙂  The two girls are supposed to represent my two daughters.  Leah’s hair isn’t quite that red or that curly, but it still works.

There is a different color fabric on the appliques to match each color in the rainbow.  I went for muted colors instead of bright.  Most of the fabrics were from my grandma’s stash that she let me dig through.  I tried to make it so all of them had a sort of vintage feel.  The hot air balloon is stuffed a little to make it pop out, and the pinwheel is 3D also.  The raindrops are lazy daisy stitches again because I think they are so cute!

Supplies needed:

• free embroidery patterns – The larger ones will need to be printed as a “poster” and taped together.  The size of each hoop is noted on the pattern.  The pattern is password protected, so you’ll need to enter the super secret password first. 
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• linen fabric
• fabric scraps in colors of the rainbow (or lighter colors like I chose)
• embroidery floss in colors of the rainbow, white, hair colors, and dark gray
• wooden embroidery hoops in the following sizes: 6″, 7″, two 8″, 9″, and 12″
• a button
• fiberfill (stuffing)
• fusible, paper-backed interfacing (Wonder Under or Heat ‘n Bond)

I didn’t take any photos of the process, but I thought I would show you some larger photos of the final project so you can replicate them.  For all of the appliques, I ironed fusible interfacing to the fabric, cut them out, peeled off the paper backing, and ironed them onto the linen.  This is a standard applique process.  To see my “How to Applique By Hand” video, go here.  To transfer the embroidery designs, I like to use dressmaker’s carbon paper.  Just spritz with water when you are done and it should disappear. The background fabric is 100% linen.

 

There you go!  Let me know if you have any questions.  I am always happy to help!

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