I am delighted to make some of my designs available to readers of this blog free of charge, and there will be a new design each month (or thereabouts). Since November 2015 these freebies and their worksheets have been downloadable directly from the blog, and you can find the downloadable files on blog entries
November 11, 2015 (the Christmas frame)
December 12, 2015 (the Macintosh rose)
January 7, 2016 (the shadowbird)
February 4, 2016 (the William Morris flowers)
March 4, 2016 (the untidy Easter chick)
April 1, 2016 (the fuchsia in a pot)
May 5, 2016 (the zentangle lion)
June 9, 2016 (the Tree of Life plus rabbit)
June 30, 2016 (the Chinese bird)
August 13, 2016 (the bird and branch)
September 9, 2016 (the blue fish)
October 10, 2016 (the running horse)
November 3, 2016 (the Christmas wreath)
December 8, 2016 (two Art Nouveau appliquées)
January 12, 2017 (the Chinese folk-art chicken)
February 2, 2017 (the little Jacobean motif)
March 2, 2017 (the red flowers in a red pot)
April 6, 2017 (the dancing bird)
May 5, 2017 (the big fish)
June 3, 2017 (the Mexican bird and branch)
July 2, 2017 (the William Morris bird)
August 8, 2017 (the Jacobean strip design)
September 22, 2017 (the zentangle fox)
November 22, 2017 (three little Christmas designs)
January 14, 2018 (the colourful rooster)
February 10, 2018 (set of four similar fish)
March 1, 2018 (the Siberian tiger)
March 29, 2018 (three small willow motifs)
May 17, 2018 (design for the neck of a T-shirt)
June 20, 2018 (hare)
July 12, August 27, September 24 and October 31, 2018 (Jacobean bellpull)
November 22, 2018 (text for three Christmas cards)
January 3, 2019 (two cardinals)
February 14, 2019 (Mexican birds and flowers)
March 8, 2019 (second bird-and-branch design)
April 11, 2019 (alpaca)
May 9, June 20, July 11, August 9, September 8 2019 (bird-and-branch panel)
October 4, 2019. (pot of pansies)
November 10, 2019. (little Christmas tree)
January 9, 2020. (flying goldhawk)
February 6, 2020. (tapa crocodile)
March 3, 2020. (folk art rooster)
March 25, 2020. (Easter lamb)
May 1, 2020, (pot of Mexican flowers)
May 28, 2020. (folk arty cat and rabbit)
July 2, 2020. (calligraphic bird)
August 6, 2020. (tractor)
September 3, 2020. (William Morris flower)
October 1, 2020. (folk art fish)
November 5, 2020. (flying bird with holly, Mylar star)
November 29, 2020. (sprig of mistletoe)
January 16, 2021. (Pennsylvania Dutch circle)
February 4, 2021. (two Chinese blue and white circular designs)
February 23, 2021. (two Pennsylvania Dutch heart designs)
April 1, 2021. (two Art Nouveau designs)
May 6, 2021. (three Celtic knot squares)
June 3, 2021. (foliage corner motif)
July 3, 2021. (red and pink floral pot)
August 5, 2021. (Pennsylvania Dutch motif)
September 2, 2021. (Art Nouveau Black Cat)
October 1, 2021. (two Mexican birds)
November 5, 2021.(three Christmas applique squares)
November 25, 2021. (spiralised Christmas tree, holly twig)
January 6 2022. (two circular leaf motifs)
February 3, 2022. (Iona design)
March 2, 2022. (two little cats)
March 31, 2022. (two leaf squares)
May 7, 2022. (3 more leafy squares)
June 12, 2022. (furry cat)
July 5 2022. (yellow floral design)
August 3, 2022. (flowering branches)
September 5, 2022 (Two Pennsylvania Dutch birds)
October 7, 2022. (pink floral square)
November 22-24, 2022 (angel with "Noel" banner)
November 7, 2022 ("invisible" Celtic motif)
2 January, 2023 (branch with yellow and orange flowers)
24 March 2023 (cartoon chicken)
7 March 2023 (two squares with bright blossoms)
18 April 2023 ("Persian" inspired tree)
1 May 2023 (double retro birds)
8 June 2023 (little yellow flower with branching twigs)
6 July 2023 (pink heron)
2 August 2023 (branch of leaves and flowers from Flair magazine)
30 August 2023 (line of small flowers)
13 October 2023 (two flower motifs, untested)
11 November 2023 (festive platter, holly pot, poinsettia pot)
9 January 2024 (pastel birds in leaves and flowers)
4 February 2024 (single fish from fishmonger’s panel)
All the files are in .pes format, and all are in v.6. If you have problems downloading or stitching the designs, just drop me a line via the "Comments" box and I'll try to sort things out
Unfortunately, not all the designs I post on the blog are available as freebies - just the ones that are described in the post title as "free", so if it isn't called "free" then I'm afraid it isn't. If you'd like any of the freebies that were posted before November 2015, drop me a line letting me know which ones you'd like, and I'll send them out to you. However remember that unless the design is called "free" in the post title, then it isn't!
If you’re not familiar with machine embroidery just a word of warning – what I’m offering is the digital file for this design, and NOT the finished embroidery itself. To stitch it out you will need a computerised embroidery machine.
I'm sure that readers will understand that I need to make a few conditions
1. All designs are available in .pes format only
2. I have only one version of each design, and that is the version that is provided. If you have compatibility problems or other technical difficulties, then I might not be able to help. However in this case your embroidery newsgroup might be able to offer advice
3. You may use the designs on items for your own use, items to give as gifts, or items for sale. However you may not sell the files themselves, or claim them as your own work.
4. And finally, there may be a few minor glitches (such as unnecessary jump stitches) in a few of the designs. This might be because designs may have been done with very old versions of the digitising software, and I’ve found that very old designs don’t always stitch out smoothly on new machines. Also, in some cases I’ve had to change details of the digitising after the design was blocked out, and in that case if the design is complicated it can be difficult to ensure that everything stitches out smoothly. And because many of these designs weren’t intended to be sold, but were originally just for my own use (and my machine automatically cuts jump stitches) I haven’t always corrected all the glitches. However the result after stitching should be fine, and you can cut any jump stitches then