34 Embroidery Patterns You Are Going to Love ...

Do you like to do embroidery? My experience is limited, but the time I have spend on the endeavor were thoroughly enjoyable. It's always satisfying to create something with your own hands. If thread art is your thing, check out these awesome embroidery patterns to inspire your next crafting session. Enjoy!

1 Tiny Embroidered Animals

Via Tiny Embroidered Animals by Chloe ...
This embroidery pattern would be cute on tea towels or a sampler to hang on the wall.

2 State Love

Via State Love: Beginner's Embroidery Project ...
Put together a colorful state shape for your home and hang it proudly on your wall.

3 Skip the Outline

Via Knotted feather stitch for TAST2013
I love how this pattern looks without the outline. It looks awesome, don't you think?

4 Embroidered Flowers

Via 33 Reasons Mustard Yellow Is ...
Flowers are one of the easiest thing to embroider and you can do them in a wide range of colors, shapes and sizes.

5 Star on a T-shirt

Via Cazadora de inspiración: Embroidered star.
Add a whimsical embroidered shape like this to a plain t-shirt and you have a whole new level of fashion.

6 Words

Via Hand Embroidery: Lettering and Text ...
Embroidered letters are great for personalizing gifts for your friends and family.

7 Alice in Wonderland

Via Heavenly Blooms: Great Gatsby Inspired ...
If you prefer to work from a kit, you can easily find embroidery patterns at craft stores all over the place.

8 Doll Face

Via Big Little: Doll Making - ...
I have embroidered a doll face and it was really easy to do.

9 Flower Petals

Via Basics to Learn Embroidery Designs ...
Flower petals are simple to execute, but look very cool when finished.

10 Seahorse

Via thelongthread.com
I love all the detail on this embroidered seahorse. What do you think?

11 Stitched Portraits

Via Embroidered Portraits by Julie Sarloutte ...
This one is in the works by a professional, but with some practice, you could probably do one just like this.

12 Applique and Embroidery

Via Feathers Falling Slowly Hoop
Combine two kinds of sewing to create fantastic works of art just like this one.

13 White on White

Via Untitled Document
There is something so elegant about white stitching on a white background, don't you think?

14 Tiny Details

Via Yumiko Higuchi Embroidery Art -Gallery-
Once you get good at the craft, you can create tiny, detailed images like this one.

15 Little Fox

Via 26 Fun and Free Embroidery ...
When you get started, try something small and simple like this little fox.

16 Tiny Flowers

Via Mes broderies
These itty bitty flowers would look great on doilies or tablecloths.

17 Another Flower

Via Some Gorgeous Needle Painting – ...
As you can see, flowers are a pretty popular embroidery pattern. This one came out awesome!

18 Embroidered Trees

Via quiltexpobeaujolais.com
If you want to practice different stitches, a project like this one would give you lots of different techniques.

19 Use a Single Color

Via Community Post: 22 Adorable Handmade ...
A small sampler that uses only one color of thread is full of impact.

20 Embroidered Necklaces

Via Spinthread
Make one of these and everyone you know will be asking you to make them one.

21 Embroidered Map

Via Pinterest Made Me Do It ...
You could fill in the states on this map as you visit each one.

22 Fall Tree

Via Lucia Schwery
This would be a great seasonal pattern that you could bring out every fall.

23 Love Your Pets

Via Myrtle & Eunice
This would be a great enhancement on a leash, dog bed or even your own pillowcase.

24 Pretty Feather

Via Courses
Feathers are a fun pattern for lots of palettes. What color would you make yours?

25 A Whole Garden

Via Mille fleurs
Go ahead and embroider a full garden if you don't want to stop with just one flower.

26 Seed Heads

Via seed heads from life
The bead embellishments on this embroidery really make it stand out.

27 Coral Bike

Via Bicycle embroidery pattern and kit ...
This pattern is simple, but the detail and color make it really unique.

28 Start Small

Via How to Embroider for Beginners ...
Here's another great starter pattern for beginners.

29 Colorful Animals

Via 20 Whimsical Embroidered Animals By ...
Don't be afraid to use lots of color and make your pattern your own.

30 A Rainbow

Via craftnik
The color coordinated flow of this embroidery pattern makes it really cohesive and beautiful.

31 Embroidered Coin Purses

Via Yumiko Higuchi
You can bet that none of your friends is going to have a clutch quite like this one.

32 A Jellyfish

Via Galleries
With some embroidery experience, you can create something this beautiful.

33 Embellished Heart

Via Je vous souhaite… I am ...
Bead are great for embellishing your embroidery, but tiny buttons are just as awesome.

34 Lilac Breasted Roller

Via Gallery | Trish Burr Embroidery
You can almost feel his feathers, just by looking at the pattern.

Do you see a design here you'd like to copy? Please feel free to share your best embroidery tips.