Stitch Adorable Designs With These Cute Embroidery Patterns (2024)

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Embroidery Patterns

• 01 of 19

  Sweeter Than Jelly Embroidery Pattern

  

  Tell someone how you feel about them with this sweet and free pattern from Bev at Flamingo Toes! Although you can use the design as simply embroidery, she shows you how to use applique to fill in areas and even create a surface for the jam jar to sit on.

  You're My Jam Embroidery Hoop Art from Flamingo Toes

• 02 of 19

  Whimsical Home Hand Embroidery Pattern

  

  This delightful pattern is a perfect way to express the feeling you get when you're with someone, and it does that with whimsy! The colorful lettering, heart doors and trees, and shooting stars all add to the cute factor. While this is a PDF pattern, Dominique from Nelly Makes Embroidery also sells this and other designs as kits with printed fabric panels so you can jump right into your stitching.

  Home Embroidery Pattern, $7, Nelly Makes Embroidery

• 03 of 19

  A Sleepy Fairy Tale Pattern

  

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  If you love fairy tales (or perhaps sleep), you'll love this Princess and the Pea design. Making use of fabrics for some of the bedding, this pattern spans more than one embroidery hoop to show off the tower of mattresses. It's even a fun way to learn or practice new stitches. To access this free design you need to subscribe to the Cutesy Crafts newsletter, but that also gives you access to all of the other cute fairy tale patterns in the series.

  Princess and the Pea Pattern from Cutesy Crafts

• 04 of 19

  The Happiest Fox Embroidery Pattern

  

  Have you ever seen a cuter or happier fox in your life? This charming creature is here to remind you to be happy, and it's hard not to smile automatically when you see it. Because of its small size, this would be a great pattern to practice your satin stitch to get the blend of the fox's fur.

  Cute Fox Embroidery Pattern, $3, Vyshivka Koch Digital

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• 05 of 19

  Sweet Sprinkled Donut Pattern

  

  Kittens are often seen as sweet or cute, and this free pattern takes that to a whole new level with a kitty donut. Complete with rainbows and sprinkles, you may wish you had a real donut to snack on while stitching! But if you'd rather keep this as just a regular sprinkle donut, you can leave off the ears and mouth to make this a kawaii smiling treat instead.

  Stitch the Sweetest Kitten Tutorial from Love Crafts

• 06 of 19

  Plan for Positivity Pattern

  

  Look to the future with this free pattern that might bring back memories of the bubble lettering of your youth. The samples on the DMC page show the letters stitched solid with chain stitch, but it also looks great when you simply embroider the letter outlines.

  Good Things Ahead Pattern from DMC

• 07 of 19

  Emotional Animals Embroidery Pattern

  

  What are your furry friends thinking? This pattern is already cute with just the animals, but the addition of the embroidered expressions really makes it adorable! Designer Cate Anevski always brings her unique style to each piece she makes and her patterns let you do the same.

  Animal Expressions Pattern, $4, Bee's Knees Industries

• 08 of 19

  Cute Quick-Stitch Patterns

  

  Stitch these delightful free motifs that are small and quick to stitch! They are ideal for making patches or adding to a t-shirt, and you can embroider them in a single evening!

  Fun and Cute Mini Embroidery Patterns from The Spruce Crafts

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• 09 of 19

  Flowery Rabbit Embroidery Pattern

  

  When we picture rabbits in gardens, they're usually eating plants, but this one decided to make a crown of flowers! The contrast of black and white stitching with colorful florals create this striking pattern from Which Stitch Studio. They also have other animals in the series and they're all as cute as this one!

  Floral Crown Bunny Pattern, $7, Which Stitch Studio

• 10 of 19

  Funky Farm Animal Patterns

  

  Learn how to add embroidery to a child's favorite tee and grab the free pattern for this cute piggy and a few other funky farm animals with this tutorial. Of course, you can also use the patterns for any embroidery project you like!

  How to Embroider on T-Shirts (with farm animal patterns) from The Spruce Crafts

• 11 of 19

  Fancy Sewist's Emroidery Pattern

  

  If you like to sew or know someone who does, this charming pattern is perfect for you! It features the phrase "I'm Sew Fancy" as well as a few favorite sewing tools. What a cute way to celebrate a hobby!

  I'm Sew Fancy Pattern, $6, The Kitschy Stitcher

• 12 of 19

  Cute, but Serious Embroidery

  

  This free pattern by designer Ciara LeRoy presents a serious concept in a friendly way. Embroidery is often seen as a good way to slow down and relieve stress, so stitching a cute and helpful conversation starter feels like a perfect fit.

  It's OK to Ask for Help Embroidery Pattern from DMC

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• 13 of 19

  Hearts and Flowers Pattern

  

  Simple stitching is often the sweetest, and that's definitely true of this free floral heart design. It uses some classic stitches, including the gorgeous woven wheel, but it's still a quick project. There's even a video link that shows the entire process.

  Floral Heart Embroidery Pattern from Arorua

• 14 of 19

  Pencil-Sharpening Beaver Pattern

  

  Chomp, chomp, chomp! This super cute beaver is here to help keep your pencils sharpened! Wendi of Shiny Happy World shares her free embroidery pattern as well as details on the stitching and a link to sew your own lined zipper pencil case.

  Chomp! Beaver Pencil Case Pattern from Shiny Happy World

• 15 of 19

  Cute Kitty Cat Embroidery Pattern

  

  Cat owners will love this embroidered scene with kitties doing all kinds of crazy cat things. In fact, the free embroidery pattern portrays a lot of normal cat behavior! Customize the colors and fur patterns to match your own feline friends.

  Cats in the Window Pattern from The Spruce Crafts

• 16 of 19

  Sweet and Simple House Patterns

  

  Stay home and stitch with this set of adorable free house embroidery patterns from Laura of the blog Bugs and Fishes. Each house has a similar style but with different details, so you can stitch an entire street of cute houses. She also shows how they look when made with felt!

  Cute House Embroidery Patterns from Bugs and Fishes

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• 17 of 19

  Heart in Hands Embroidery Pattern

  

  More love and less hate is the idea behind this lovely free pattern. It has a Valentine's Day feeling, but you can use it to share the love by adding your own wording to the blank banner. What will you stitch on yours?

  Share the Love Pattern from Cozy Blue Handmade

• 18 of 19

  Adorable Cacti Patterns

  

  Anytime you add little smiling faces to objects it seems to make them extra cute. That's certainly true of these cactus and succulent embroidery patterns. Included with the motifs are instructions for making the tea towels backed with fabric to cover the back of your stitching.

  Cute Cactus Tea Towel Patterns, $6, Bustle and Sew

• 19 of 19

  Delightful Hand-Drawn Embroidery Patterns

  

  Kathy from Crafty Chica has a fantastic style when creating and she brings that to this set of free embroidery patterns. Each one has cute details that will be fun to stitch, but she also shows how you can use them as coloring pictures. You might even try coloring first, then use your color choices as you then embroider them!

  Patterns for Stitching or Coloring from Crafty Chica