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25 Free Embroidery Patterns for Beginners | PDF Download

Looking for free embroidery patterns for beginners? Then you have come to the right place. Learning Embroidery doesn’t have to be a challenge. Try some of these free embroidery patterns made just for beginners. All of these patterns are free and all of them are designed for beginners. Hand embroidery is a beautiful craft and while the stitches seem abundant and look intricate it is a lot easier than it looks. With the right guidance and free embroidery patterns to get you started, you too can become a master at hand embroidery.

Free Beginner Embroidery Patterns

Let’s get started with the list, Before we take a deep dive into the list, check out some of these blog posts that will be beneficial if you are learning hand embroidery. Some patterns will teach you how to stitch the embroidery stitches while others won’t. So here are a few simple hand embroidery stitch tutorials that will be useful for you.

25 Free Hand Embroidery Patterns for Beginners

Constellation

This monochrome pattern features all 12-star signs drawn out in elegant lines and dainty stars. Add a personal touch to your belongings by stitching onto a t-shirt or pillowcase, or stitching the full set.

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Pattern from DMC

Sewing Machine

It’s a really great embroidery for anyone of any level to make, and it has some basic stitches that beginners should learn! There are photos and instructions for each step as well as the colors that have been used!

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Pattern from Crewel Ghoul

Simple Flowers

Escape to the country with this pretty free embroidery pattern. These wild blooms make for the loveliest addition to denim jackets, t-shirts, and tote bags! Using a variety of techniques, including lazy daisy stitch, fern stitch, and whipped wheel, these 3D florals make perfect use of DMC’s Coton Perlé floss.

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Pattern from lovecrafts.com

Planets

Stitch up a different take on our solar system with this free embroidery design. Planets and stars orbit around the All-Seeing Eye, which becomes the focal point of this design. This project would lend a magical touch to a plain fabric tote or pouch.

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Pattern from lovecrafts.com

House Plants

If you love plants and crafting, then this is the pattern for you! This botanical embroidery was inspired by some of the different types of plants that we – plant lovers – grow in our homes!

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Pattern from lovecrafts.com

Flower Bouquet

With vibrant blooms like these, embroidery lovers have a reason to celebrate. Stitch this summer party bouquet using our beautifully bright Coton Perlé thread. You’ll love creating its lively 3D effect using a rich mix of 13 embroidery techniques.

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Pattern from lovecrafts.com

Home Sweet Home

This Home Sweet Home embroidery is very cute and actually uses very few basic hand embroidery stitches making it incredibly easy for a beginner.

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Pattern from Lovecrafts.com

Mini Heart

Gorgeous mini hoop with a delicate gradient heart design that will look beautiful as a necklace.

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Pattern from Lovecrafts.com

Sloth

Our sweet sloth embroidery will brighten up any plain pencil case and it’s easy to stitch too!

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Pattern from gathered.how

Floral Embroidery

This is extremely beautiful and the lady who made this is insanely talented. I highly recommend this pattern.

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Pattern from downgrapevinelane.com

Simple Embroidery Flowers for Beginners

Learn basic stitches with this easy PDF download hand embroidery pattern.

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Vintage Floral Embroidery Flowers

This pattern also features a follow-along video tutorial making it very beneficial for beginners.

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Pattern from Vingert.store

Rabbit and Carrot

This is super cute and a lot easier to complete with the video tutorial attached. This would look cute embroidered on a child’s top school bag

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Pattern from vingert.store

Floral Wreath

Try this beginner-friendly embroidery wreath. This uses basic beginner stitches despite it looking complicated.

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Pattern from vingert.store

PDF Embroidery Floral Pattern

This is a pattern I made, I designed this to be perfect for beginners in hand embroidery, as the stitches it uses are basic and repetitive so you can master the technique.

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Flower Cluster

Stitch these bold block-color flowers using stem stitch and long and short stitches adding accepts with french knots.

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Pattern from DMC

5 Hearts

Follow this step-by-step photo tutorial to create these super cute 5 heart balloons.

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Pattern from wanderingthreadsembroidery.com

3 Leaves

Learn stitches with these 3 leaves embroidery patterns. Completely free download.

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Pattern from wanderingthreadsembroidery.com

Outlined Kitty Cat

This tutorial is great for beginners, it covers everything a beginner needs to get started with hand embroidery including step-by-step instructions and step-by-step photos.

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Pattern from swoodsonsays.com

Matching Dogs

These adorable dachshunds will bring a warming winter feeling to your home. Dog embroidery is a great way to capture the spirit of man’s best friend, and when the winter months roll in you want to surround yourself with cosy designs.

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Pattern from gathered.how

Mini Galaxy

Hold the galaxy in your hands as you stitch the swirling and shooting stars of this mesmerizing hoop designed by Caitlin de Greef.

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Pattern from gathered.how

Flowers in a Bottle

Say it with flowers with this pretty posy complete with an uplifting message ideal for tea towel embroidery.

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Pattern from gathered.how

Sunflower

Stitch this sunflower embroidery by Maggie Schnücker to bring the warm colors of sunshine into your home all year round

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Pattern from gathered.how

Fireworks

Forget firecrackers, whip up your own fireworks display with our free embroidery design by Mollie Johanson.

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Pattern from gathered.how

Slogan Embroidery

We all need a bit of motivation, and now you can create your own with Junk & Glitter’s motivational embroidery hoop pattern

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Pattern from gathered.how

So did you find something on this list? Let me know which pattern you choose and how it goes. Thanks for reading, happy stitching!