Free Quilt and Embroidery Patterns Index

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

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1)  Straight Talk About Quilt Care

2)  Just For Fun Redwork Book with  98 motifs

3)  Emma's Quilt book with more than 100 antique Redwork designs

4)  Redwork Embroidery and Needlework Traditions in Europe and America

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 nineteenth century design that was reproduced by Patricia Cummings.

Nineteenth century Turkey platter design for outline stitch embroidery. This design was enlarged from a nineteenth century catalog.

Redwork Pigs design, as it appears on an early twentieth century quilt.that is in the collection of Patricia Cummings.

In honor of Lent 2008, a design from the Cunnings' 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 Redwork Renaissance.

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Free Quilt Patterns

Poinsettia Christmas Stocking Pattern, designed by Patricia Cummings

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

Free pattern for Sanitary Commission Block for Home of the Brave Quilt Project. The step-by-step directions for making this block using a rotary cutter and modern equipment were written by Patricia Cummings, EGA certified master craftsman in quilting. The photographs were taken by James Cummings. Tens of thousands of people have downloaded this file.

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