Beginner hand embroidery patterns: simple designs with fewer colours and basic stitches, a good first hoop if you are new to embroidery. Each PDF comes with ready-to-print outlines in several hoop sizes and recommended DMC colours, plus our Stitch Guide with every purchase.
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Original design: a stork hand embroidery pattern: a white stork with black wing feathers, a red beak and long red legs standing in green grass and reeds, stitched on natural linen. The PDF includes six sizes from 3″ to 8″ and DMC colour codes. Instant PDF download, no physical item shipped.
Original design: a candy cane hand embroidery pattern: a red and white striped Christmas candy cane tied with a green bow, with holly leaves and a red berry, stitched on natural linen. The PDF includes six sizes from 3″ to 8″ and DMC colour codes. Instant PDF download, no physical item shipped.
Original design: a little green frog hand embroidery pattern: a cute smiling frog in emerald green with a light green belly and round eyes, stitched on natural linen. The PDF includes six sizes from 3″ to 8″ and DMC colour codes. Instant PDF download, no physical item shipped.
Original design: a giraffe hand embroidery pattern: a tall spotted giraffe in caramel and cream standing in grass with small wildflowers, stitched on natural linen. The PDF includes six sizes from 3″ to 8″ and DMC colour codes. Instant PDF download, no physical item shipped.
Original design: a swan on water hand embroidery pattern: a white swan with a curved neck gliding over pale blue ripples, stitched on natural linen. The PDF includes six sizes from 3″ to 8″ and DMC colour codes. Instant PDF download, no physical item shipped.
Original design: a kangaroo hand embroidery pattern: a sandy beige kangaroo sitting upright next to a red Australian flower and green grass, stitched on natural linen. The PDF includes six sizes from 3″ to 8″ and DMC colour codes. Instant PDF download, no physical item shipped.
Original design: a ladybug hand embroidery pattern: a round red ladybug with black spots, a black head and thin legs, stitched on natural linen. The PDF includes six sizes from 3″ to 8″ and DMC colour codes. Instant PDF download, no physical item shipped.
Original design: a ladybug with leaves hand embroidery pattern: a raised red ladybug with black spots climbing a sprig with sage green leaves, stitched on natural linen. The PDF includes six sizes from 3″ to 8″ and DMC colour codes. Instant PDF download, no physical item shipped.
Original design: a monarch butterfly hand embroidery pattern: open wings in warm orange, gold and peach with black veins and white dots, stitched on natural linen. The PDF includes six sizes from 3″ to 8″ and DMC colour codes. Instant PDF download, no physical item shipped.
Original design: a dragonfly hand embroidery pattern: a slim teal dragonfly with a raised body and four lacy cream wings, stitched on natural linen. The PDF includes six sizes from 3″ to 8″ and DMC colour codes. Instant PDF download, no physical item shipped.
Original design: a Dala horse hand embroidery pattern: a red Swedish folk horse with a flower-painted saddle, surrounded by red and blue stars, stitched on cream linen. The PDF includes six sizes from 3″ to 8″ and DMC colour codes. Instant PDF download, no physical item shipped.
Original design: a folk Christmas tree hand embroidery pattern: three Nordic style trees in red, green and blue with stars, garlands and folk patterns, stitched on cream linen. The PDF includes six sizes from 3″ to 8″ and DMC colour codes. Instant PDF download, no physical item shipped.
Original design: a Nordic bullfinch hand embroidery pattern: a folk style winter bullfinch in red and blue with decorated wings, snowflakes and green sprigs, stitched on cream linen. The PDF includes six sizes from 3″ to 8″ and DMC colour codes. Instant PDF download, no physical item shipped.
Original design: a blue mittens hand embroidery pattern: a pair of blue Nordic mittens with white snowflakes, triangles and red stripes, stitched on cream linen. The PDF includes six sizes from 3″ to 8″ and DMC colour codes. Instant PDF download, no physical item shipped.
Original design: a red mittens hand embroidery pattern: a pair of red Nordic mittens with yellow, blue and green folk patterns and knotted cuffs, stitched on cream linen. The PDF includes six sizes from 3″ to 8″ and DMC colour codes. Instant PDF download, no physical item shipped.
Original design: a Christmas bells hand embroidery pattern: two Nordic style bells in blue, red and white with bows, snowflakes and stars, stitched on cream linen. The PDF includes six sizes from 3″ to 8″ and DMC colour codes. Instant PDF download, no physical item shipped.
Original design: a folk bird hand embroidery pattern: two Scandinavian style birds in red and blue with hearts, sprigs, stars and a snowflake, stitched on cream linen. The PDF includes six sizes from 3″ to 8″ and DMC colour codes. Instant PDF download, no physical item shipped.
Original design: a Scandinavian star hand embroidery pattern: an eight-point Nordic Christmas star in red, navy and white with folk sprigs, stitched on natural linen. The PDF includes six sizes from 3″ to 8″ and DMC colour codes. Instant PDF download, no physical item shipped.
Original design: a mulled wine hand embroidery pattern: a glass of deep red mulled wine with orange slices, star anise and spices, stitched on cream linen. The PDF includes six sizes from 3″ to 8″ and DMC colour codes. Instant PDF download, no physical item shipped.
Original design: a penguin hand embroidery pattern: a cute penguin in a red Santa hat holding a holly sprig with berries, stitched on cream linen. The PDF includes six sizes from 3″ to 8″ and DMC colour codes. Instant PDF download, no physical item shipped.
These easy embroidery patterns are chosen for a first or second project: clear shapes, larger areas of one colour and basic stitches. They include small Christmas motifs, Nordic folk designs, animals with simple shapes, flowers and insects, so you can start with whatever subject you like.
Almost every beginner pattern uses some of these: back stitch and stem stitch for lines, satin stitch for small filled shapes, French knots for dots and eyes, and lazy daisy stitch for petals and leaves. Each page in our stitch library has a diagram and a table of common mistakes.
You need cotton or linen fabric, a 6 inch hoop, an embroidery needle, stranded cotton in the colours from the DMC codes and a way to transfer the pattern to fabric. Our hand embroidery guide for beginners covers all of it. To try the format first, start with a free pattern.
