Free Quilt and Embroidery Patterns Index

Enjoy making any of these patterns. However, please do not reproduce the patterns for commercial use. Questions? Write to: pat@quiltersmuse.com

Civil War Reproduction Quilt - This is the set of directions for machine piecing and m aking a replica of a Sanitary Commission Quilt. I originally designed this set of quilt instructions, in a step-by-step manner, photographed by James Cummings, to assist in the Home of the Brave Charity Quilt Program for the families of soldiers lost in Iraq and Afghanistan.

While the quilt pattern is an old design, the instructions were written by me, a teacher and certified master craftsman in quilting. These have been disbursed throughout the Internet, and the program has flourished. I hope you'll consider making some blocks, or a quilt, for the program.

We offer many free designs for embroidery on an associated blog written by James Cummings titled, Vintage Cookery. Those designs were all taken from an old catalogue that sold stamping patterns for embroidery in the 1890s. that we have in our collection thanks to a generous soul who gave it to us and was sure we'd "share."

I love this design! It's just one of many Victorian Owls.

Free Outline Stitch Embroidery Patterns

How to Convert a Photo into a Line Drawing for the Purpose of Embroidering a Portrait of a Person - an article by James Cummings

Horse and coach design from an antique textile. Collection of Patricia Cummings

Click this link to a pattern for a Hibiscus flower. Caution: large file. This is an authentic 19h century design that was redrawn from a tiny catalog image by Patricia Cummings.

19th century Turkey platter design for outline stitch embroidery. This design was enlarged from a 19th century catalog.

Redwork Pigs design, as it appears on an early 20th century quilt in the collection of Patricia Cummings.

In honor of Lent 2008, a design from the Cunning catalog, 1890.

Christian Cross and Anchor from an 1890 source. Patricia Cummings prepared this design for web use.

Another design from the 1890s Cunnings catalog

Bird for outline stitch embroidery from e-book Redwork Renaissance Revisited.

Free Quilt Patterns

Poinsettia Christmas Stocking Pattern, designed by Patricia Cummings

Patriotic mini quilt pattern adapted from an 1890s antique
quilt. Instructions were written by Patricia Cummings for publication in Traditional Quilter magazine, now called The Quilter magazine.

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