- 8 Claws and a Paw Embroidery - S -
- Advanced Embroidery Designs - M - Photo Stitch lessons
- aHey-Embroidery - S - Machine Embroidery and Machine Cross Stitch Designs
- Amazing Designs - M - nice variety
- Amazing Embroidery Designs - D -
- Apex Embroidery Fonts & Designs - ? - Embroidery Font Type Guide near bottom of home page; also have SVG files
- Applique For Kids - S - tutorials; not just applique designs
- BFC Creations - * - 12 Year Anniversary Sale until 12/15/2015
- Blasto Stitch - ? -
- Bunnycup Embroidery - S - great if you create for younger people
- Creative Machine Embroidery - magazine - links to free downloads to coordinate with the projects in the magazine
- Cute Alphabets - D - sister site of Cute Embroidery and Amazing Embroidery Designs
- Cute Embroidery - D - love the Santa Designs
- Dalco Home Sew - Ø - check out their Sew-A-Scenes
- Designs by Hope Yoder - * - several free how to articles
- Designs by JuJu - * nice variety
- Designs in Machine Embroidery - * - magazine - also items for purchase
- Designs in Machine Embroidery Current Issue - B/M - table of contents & updates if needed
- DigiStitches - ?
- Embroidables - nice variety - 11/28/15 the link is not working
- Embroider This - *
- Embroidery.com - W -
- Embroidery Arts - M - monograms (downloads are *.exe format) - many project ideas
- Embroidery Billboard - carry designs by Kreations by Kara
- Embroidery Delight - * - many in-the-hoop options and masks that would be great for Halloween
- Embroidery Designs Download - * - linked to by Embroidery Font Shop, single designs and design sets
- Embroidery Font Shop - * - "Machine Embroidery Fonts and Lettering Designs; Instantly Download Fonts, Monograms, Alphabets, and Applique Designs"
- Embroidery Library -
- Embroidery Online - several techniques articles
- Embroitique - ? - This is the site that has the designs for the elves on for front cover of Designs in Machine Embroidery
- Five Star Fonts Embroidery - * - like their Facebook page for more freebies
- Garden of Daisies Embroidery - ? -
- Graceful Embroidery - * - love their designs-traditional, elegant and classic
- Husqvarna Viking Embroidery Designs - shows all of the design collections
- Husqvarna Viking Free Monthly Projects - M -
- The Itch 2 Stitch - ? -
- Kreations by Kara - M- * - wow; Projects and Tutorials
- Martha Pullen Company, Inc. - ? -
- My Embroideries - single designs and collections available
- Oregon Patch Works - * - carry designs by Kreations by Kara
- Perfect Little Stitches - Perfect Little Stitches is now CLOSED for business. Designs will soon be available through Embroidery.com.
- Pfaff USA Monthy Projects - M -
- Pickle Pie Designs - ? - in the hoop (ITH) embroidery; flash sales on Facebook
- Sandy Lightfoot - patterns in addition to designs; love the in the hoop needle case and duffle bag
- Sealed with a Stitch - * "redwork" style designs and monograms
- Secrets of Embroidery - carry designs by Kreations by Kara
- SewAZ Embroidery Designs - * -
- Sew It All - *
- Sew Timeless Heirloom Sewing - in-the-hoop
- StitchSoup -
- Sudberry House Machine Cross Stitch Embroidery - M -
- Sulky Embroidery Club - *
- Urban Threads - M - wonderful monogram options
- ZippyDesignZ - * - "Like" on Facebook for some freebies
Embroidery blogs:
- Amazing Designs Blog
- Creative Machine Embroidery Blog - not just embroidery, quilting, free design roundup; regular giveaways on Wednesdays
- DIY Embroidery Blog by OESD™ - tips, techniques, projects
- Ellen's Machine Embroidery Blog (Designs in Machine Embroidery)
Quilt Patterns with Coordinating Embroidery Designs
- Lunch Box Quilts - * so many great patterns, so little time, where's that winning lottery ticket?
Sewing blogs:
- Down Grapevine Lane - sewing, needlework, working with felt, and crochet
- Feeling Stitchy - a group blog - we post on all sorts of crafty topics
6D Embroidery - not all are tutorials, but project inspiration
- Bonjour! - Photo Stitch - project inspiration
- 6D™ Software Newsletter - March 2014
If you obtain freebies from any of these sites the files are likely to be zipped (compressed) so they are quicker to deliver and download and take less bandwidth to download. It saves on storage space too, but you have to unzip them to use them. They will have a filename that ends with .zip. On Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 (maybe Vista, I cannot remember back that far) a means of unzipping (extracting) files is built into the OS. That was not true for Windows XP, but since XP has reached its end of life, that should not be a problem for anyone. I am sorry, but I do not know about extracting files on the Mac OS.
I occasionally still come across vendors that distribute files with a filename that ends with .exe. Back when people had to install software to extract files this was a way for vendors to distribute files in a compressed format so people did not need special software to use the files within. Often Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 computers will warn you of these files (because software - good and bad - often is also distributed as .exe files, but typically they are OK to use. Scan them with an anti-virus product and only download from reputable sources, for example stores that also sell designs.
Ø - none or not regularly
S - samples; not sure if or how often they change
B/M - bi-monthly
M - monthly
W - weekly
D - daily
* - I need to go back
Ø - none or not regularly
S - samples; not sure if or how often they change
B/M - bi-monthly
M - monthly
W - weekly
D - daily
* - I need to go back
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