Well, that break was just a little TOO long! I hope I haven’t lost many readers because of my long silence. But I did have a good excuse! The operation went well and I can now see a lot better than I could before, and thank goodness I can now get back to drawing and digitising
But before the operation I spent some time going though all my old embroidery files, and believe me, there are a LOT of them - several thousand at least. And it’s such a pity that all these designs are just sitting in my computer doing nothing at all. So I thought - why not give them away to embroiderers who might be able to use them?
So for a while now, most of my posts will include a selection of free designs from my past embroidering life. They will be a pretty random collection but perhaps you might be able to find a use for some of them. Now, I’d better warn you that none of these designs were originally intended to be passed on - they were for my use only. So there may well be glitches (un-necessary jumps, etc.) which I never bothered to correct. All these designs will be in .pes v.6
So - now for the first of what I hope will be many! You may remember that some time ago I posted a design that was roughly based on the designs of the famous artist Escher. Well, today I’m passing on a real Escher! The three interlocking birds were taken from one of his drawings.

A real Escher!
It’s for the 4x4 inch (100 mm x 100 mm) hoop. And you can download it HERE
The second design is a pair of interlocking fish - goodness knows where I got the idea but it makes an interesting embroidery.

Two interlocking fish
It’s for the 5 x 8 inch (130 x 180 mm) hoop and HERE it is
As always, if you have any problems with these designs, just let me know via the “Comments” page on the blog. Good luck!