People often ask me where I get the ideas for the patterns I create. My answer… from everywhere. 🙂 For instance, the inspiration for this Beaded Felt Butterfly Embroidery Pattern was sparked by some super cute foil wrapped chocolates that one of the vendors at Covent Garden Market in London, Ontario was selling. Aren’t they just adorable! I actually traced…
It’s the first Monday of May which means it’s time for me to share with you this month’s free embroidery pattern. With Mother’s Day coming up soon as well as for other gift giving occasions throughout the year, I thought it would be fun to design a pretty Butterfly Pincushion Embroidery Pattern. After all… for those of us who embroider,…
Lately, in celebration of spring finally arriving in the northern hemisphere, I’ve been posting patterns for flowers. To change things up a bit, I decided this week that I’d share the patterns for three different sizes and styles of butterflies. The Cambridge Butterfly Conservatory is about an hours drive from here and is a fascinating place to spend a few…
We’ve had a really busy time the past few days and then we were traveling yesterday and I forgot to post the pattern for Vintage Embroidery Monday, so here it is today. This butterfly would look spectacular with each area worked in different colours of satin stitch. The pattern is available for download as a pdf here.