Free Redwork Patterns

I’ve cleaned and redrawn this free redwork pattern of owls for my visitors.

Vintage lady wearing a veil for redwork.

White oaks leaves and acorns for redwork.

More Redwork to Admire:

• Japanese redwork
• redwork embroidery at North Threads
• Dutch Girl Red Work
• Redwork Cherries
• Maiden gathering flowers redwork
• Love the bedspread!
• Sleepy time
• Redwork combined with a log cabin pattern
• Picasso Portraits
• My First Redwork Block

More Redwork Patterns:

• Redwork Quilt Blocks from The Moses House Quilt Shop
• Creekside Embroidery Designs
• cute little sewing designs from Shari Marie Creations
• Redwork at Country Kitchen
• sweet children in redwork
• Santa and his reindeer take flight at the Embroidery Library
• Holiday redwork at Windstar
• ooooh! snowflakes
• “Jem” Harris patterns
• Redwork flowers

Books About Redwork:

• Purchased “Red & White”
• Kitties to Stitch & Quilt Redwork Designs

More Free Redwork Embroidery Patterns:

• Free redwork Kitty Trio
• Native American Themes for Redwork
• Free redwork “Fairy Tails” by Bobby Socks Quilt Company
• Free Primitive Patterns
• Large Cat Themes for Redwork
• Free redwork of children
• Nautical Themes for Redwork
• Free redwork from Grandma’s Attic
• Childhood Themes for Redwork
• Free Vintage Patterns from PatternBee
• Victorian Themes for Redwork

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Embroidery Links

Embroidery is the art or handicraft of decorating fabric or other materials with needle and thread or yarn. Embroidery may also incorporate other materials such as metal strips, pearls, beads, quills, and sequins. Embroidery is most often recommended for caps, hats, coats, blankets, dress shirts, denim, stockings, and golf shirts. Embroidery is available with a wide variety of thread or yarn color.

A characteristic of embroidery is that the basic techniques or stitches of the earliest work—chain stitch, buttonhole or blanket stitch, running stitch, satin stitch, cross stitch—remain the fundamental techniques of hand embroidery today.

Embroidery Links: 2smock * Armenian Embroidery * BellaOnline: Embroidery *Berlin Embroidery * Brazilian Dimensional Embroidery * Celtic Cross Stitch * Chatelaine Designs * Clara Fitzgerald’s Needlecraft Notes * Crazy Quilt Embroidery * Embroidery * Embroidery Methods Guide * Embroidery articles *Ethnic Fiber Art , LLC *Flickr: Embroidered Art * Flickr: Embroidered Motifs * Flickr: Embroidery * Flickr: Embroidery and Science * Flickr: Seam / Couture – Embroidery * Island Ireland: Mountmellick Embroidery *JMD Designs * Jacqui McDonald Hand Embroidery Jean Fletcher’s Stumpwork * Johanna’s Needlework Stitches * Jos Hendriks Embroidery * Kalocsa Embroidery * Mary Corbet’s Needle ‘N Thread * Needlecrafter.com * Pin Tangle * Pretty Impressive Stuff: Rissa’s Pieces * Russian Punch Embroidery * Sew in Love * The Embroidery Site * Vera Stoll Hardanger Design * Victorian Embroidery and Crafts * Vinciolo’s Les Singvliers Et Novveaux Povrtraicts (1587) * Waterrose Handcrafted Obsession * XQ Silk Hand Embroidery * Young Embroiderers *

Embroidered Dolls: Shino Suzuki * Pocket Dolls * the littlest things * Saints * Bette Kelly * Narrative Symbols * Jacque Davis * Seams Possible * Dolls from Kyrgyzstan * My Little Sweat Shop * Easter Stuffies * mixed media art dolls * Mimi Kirchner * Shy little doll – redwork * not voo-doo * Traditional Palestinian Doll * Neta Amir * Lesley of Leilalou * Not Grandmother’s Embroidery *

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Add Texture To Your Textiles

Above is one of many teacher “samples” I have created to instruct students in the textile arts.

Textile pieces don’t need to be assembled like traditional quilts. Students can add pockets, pleats, layers, beads and blanket stitching wherever they prefer in order to create unusual designs.

I have sewn a clipped and ruffled center to this fabric flower from felt. In the flower above, I have used several embroidery stitches to accentuate the design in a alternative way. A variety of applications and methods may be used to incorporate texture into textile artworks.

Some of my fabrics are purchased from a store and others are hand-dyed or painted during my classes. I teach students a wide variety of methods so that they may choose those techniques that appeal to their own creative interests.

In this photo, you can see that I am starting to add even more visual and tactile information to my small banner with the introduction of bright yarns and threads. It is important to teach students that they do not need to rely on machines to produce elaborate work. Very few young people have the income or materials to produce artworks apart from what they can manipulate by hand on their laps. They must be taught independence and ingenuity apart from their financial means in order to survive as artists.

I chose to back my textile piece with this lavender leaf patterned fabric. Finishing artworks on both sides is professional. Art teachers instruct students to be professional in order for them to achieve excellent results.

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Felt Wee Folk by Salley Mavor

This book published in 2003 is exceptional for those of you who love to craft tiny things. I’m going to purchase it as soon as I have the cash. The one pictured above is from my local library and it is checked out frequently!

“Sally Mavor’s charming, bendable Wee Folk fairies and dolls are real show-stoppers. Learn to create your own tiny figures and accessories by hand, using wool felt, chenille stems, simple embellishments, and Salley’s new step-by-step guide.”

• 18 complete Wee Folk projects feature dolls, pins, purses, checkbook covers, pillows, and scenic backdrops
• Techniques include applique’, embroidery, thread wrapping, and painting, plus add your own buttons, beads, and “found objects”
• Ideal for dollmakers, quilters, and crafters of every skill level

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A Doll With An Embroidered Face

I am slowly working on this little beauty. It takes a steady hand and much
patience to master embroidery.

Here is a side-view of the doll’s head. Someday I will post the
finished project.

One of several sewing baskets given to me after my mother-in-law passed
away. This one is from Mexico.

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