You are STRONGER than You Know: Free Embroidery Pattern

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Time for the final pattern in my positive embroidery series!

Life can throw a lot of difficult stuff at us sometimes. You might be facing a scary challenge - a big mountain to climb or a dark tunnel to walk through before you reach lighter, happier times - but you are stronger than you know.

 

Like the other three patterns in this series (remember to be kind to yourself, don't compare your inside to someone else's outside and be the best version of you)  this design fits nicely in a five inch embroidery hoop for framing. If you like, you can use a six inch hoop when stitching it to give yourself more room to work and get those scallop edges nice and neat.

 

I chose Cotton & Steel's XOXO in Ghost as my backing fabric, which looks grey in some lights and almost brown in others. The design is stitched in pink and teal, with turquoise blue stars.

 

The pattern is mostly stitched with backstitch, using three strands of six-strand embroidery thread (floss) and slowly sewing small stitches along all the curves. The small teal lines radiating from the circle are each sewn with one stitch.

 

If you're using a pale backing fabric (like the one I've used) take care not to carry your threads across the back of the work.

When you sew the final radiating single stitches, stitch into/under the pink circle of stitching so the thread follows the circle round between the single stitches instead of stretching in straight lines from stitch to stitch.

You could frame the finished pattern in the hoop as a bit of embroidered art, use it to make something small like a zip purse or add it to a patchwork project.



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Be the Best Version of YOU: Free Embroidery Pattern

Today I'm sharing the third free pattern in my positive embroidery series.

This one is a reminder to Be the Best Version of YOU.

 

 
Don't get lost comparing yourself to other people or squashing yourself into a mould cast by others, focus on your own life and how best to make your own spirit bloom!

 

 
This design fits nicely in a five inch embroidery hoop for framing, but if you want you can use a six inch hoop when stitching it to give yourself more room to work. I actually used a seven inch hoop when stitching this pattern as I'd managed to misplace my smaller hoops at the time and wanted to start sewing immediately, not faff about finding exactly the right size hoop.

The fabric I used is Cotton & Steel's XOXO in Ghost, which looks grey in some lights and almost brown in others (not ideal when you're taking photos of it, but it looks really lovely in real life!). For the stranded embroidery thread (floss) I used the same shades of pink and teal as I'd used in the earlier patterns, and added some turquoise blue for the stars.

The pattern is mostly stitched with backstitch, using three strands of six-strand embroidery thread (floss) and slowly sewing small stitches along all the curves. The small teal lines radiating from the circle are each sewn with one stitch.

 

Because my chosen backing fabric is rather pale, I was careful  not to carry my threads across the back of the work, giving a neat (ish!) finish. When sewing those final radiating single stitches, I stitched into/under the pink circle of stitching so the thread follows the circle round between the single stitches instead of stretching in straight lines from stitch to stitch.

You could frame the finished pattern in the hoop as a bit of embroidered art, use it to make something small like a zip purse or add it to a patchwork project. 

Click here to open the pattern sheet in another tab or window. Make sure you're viewing it full size then print it at 100%.

This embroidery pattern is for non commercial use only: you can stitch it as many times as you like for yourself or as gifts, but please don't use it make anything for sale. You may borrow a photo or two if you want to blog about this project, but remember to credit me and link back to the original source, and do not reproduce my entire post or share the pattern itself on your site. Thanks!

P.S. Let's not talk about how long it's been since I said I'd be sharing these "over the next few weeks"! Life, man, it gets in the way sometimes...

You'll find the first pattern here: Remember to be KIND to yourself.

And the second pattern here: Don't compare your INSIDE to someone else's OUTSIDE.

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Don't Compare Your Inside to Someone Else's Outside: Free Embroidery Pattern

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A couple of years ago I shared a positive little embroidery pattern, a reminder to be KIND to yourself.

Well, this autumn I turned three more positive sayings into embroidery patterns and I'll be sharing them here on my blog over the next few weeks. First up: Don't compare your INSIDE to someone else's OUTSIDE.

It's all too easy to get stuck in a rut of comparing yourself to other people - especially in this age of social media with all those carefully worded posts and carefully edited selfies.

Your insides are complicated, flawed, chaotic, messy just like everyone else's and you'll never know the stress and heartache and hard work going on behind the scenes in someone else's apparently "perfect" life... so go easy on yourself!

This design fits nicely in a five inch embroidery hoop for framing, but I'd recommend using a six inch hoop when stitching it to give yourself more room to work. I actually used a seven inch hoop when stitching this pattern as I'd somehow misplaced my smaller hoops at the time!

I chose pink and turquoise thread as they're so pretty together and look lovely against the pale backing fabric (Cotton & Steel's XOXO in Ghost, which looks grey in some lights and almost brown in others).

Top tip: if you're stitching several matching patterns, don't be an idiot like me and start stitching without checking if you have plenty of your chosen thread. As you can see, I ended up having to use a slightly darker shade for the lettering on this piece... which was not ideal.

The pattern is mostly stitched with backstitch, using three strands of six-strand embroidery thread (floss) and slowly sewing small stitches along all the curves. The small turquoise lines radiating from the circle are each sewn with one stitch.

 

As the fabric is so pale I took care not to carry my threads across the back of the work, giving a neat (ish!) finish. When sewing those final radiating single stitches, I stitched into/under the pink circle of stitching so the thread follows the circle round between the single stitches instead of stretching in straight lines from stitch to stitch (this is a bit tricky to describe but you should be able to see what I mean if you look closely at the back of the pattern I stitched earlier).

You could frame the finished pattern in the hoop as a bit of embroidered art, use it to make something small like a zip purse or add it to a patchwork project.  

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Be Kind to Yourself: Free Embroidery Pattern

UPDATE: my "Remember to be KIND to yourself" embroidery pattern is now available as a printable PDF pattern over on my Patreon. 

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Remember that new project I started a couple of days ago? Here's how it turned out:

It's a sweet reminder to be kind to yourself - to take time to look after yourself as well as others, to prioritise your health and happiness as well as your chores and deadlines, to not push yourself too hard or set yourself impossible goals or judge yourself by impossible standards. 

Want to stitch one of your own, or as a gift for a friend? You'll find the pattern at the bottom of this post.

The design fits nicely in a five inch embroidery hoop for framing, but I'd recommend using a six inch hoop when stitching it to give yourself more room to work. 

I chose pink and turquoise thread as they're so pretty together and look lovely against the pale backing fabric (Cotton & Steel's XOXO in Ghost, which looks grey in some lights and almost brown in others).

The pattern is mostly stitched with backstitch, using three strands of six-strand embroidery thread (floss) and slowly sewing small stitches along all the curves. The small turquoise lines radiating from the circle are each sewn with one stitch. I added these last, stitching mine freehand as they were a last-minute addition to the pattern!

Here's a snap of the back:

As the fabric is so pale I took care not to carry my threads across the back of the work, giving a neat (ish!) finish. When sewing those final radiating single stitches, I stitched into/under the pink circle of stitching so the thread follows the circle round between the single stitches instead of stretching in straight lines from stitch to stitch.

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