Mosaic - Square
In colorful patterns of harmonic splendor, these contemporary, tile-like designs will jazz up
home decor and light up garments and accessories. The geometric forms lend themselves to
every color combination imaginable. There's no limit to the fun you can have with these designs.

Mosaic Border
A string of light, bright, and colorful tiles play along this border, so suitable for everything from
towels to tote handles, tablecloths to placemats, and curtain to shirt hems.

Mosaic Corner
In a suggestion of movement, colorful tiles flair from a corner.

Kaleidoscope Color Play
The perfect symmetry of this fascinating design owes its beauty to multiple mirror images.
The classic kaleidoscope was known to the Greeks, but reinvented by Sir David Brewster, a Scottish scientist who was working on experiments in light polarization with mirrors and objects in a tube.
The word kaleidoscope comes from the Greek words for "beautiful form watcher."
These designs will sew out in an infinite number of color combinations.
 

Kaleidoscope - Octagon
The perfect symmetry of this fascinating design owes its beauty to multiple mirror images,
much like the brilliant, colorful objects that tumble inside the familiar, optical toy.
 Lovely, centered inside a square shape, the octagon is a natural for a trivet, pillow, quilt, or tote.

Kaleidoscope - Border
Create a parade of color on garments or home decor with patterns reflective of kaleidoscope charm.

Kaleidoscope - Corner
Inspired by the mirrored image of tumbling beads and cut glass pieces,
this corner design will make an attractive accent on placemats and towels.

Geometric Turkish Fantasy

Reminiscent of folk art of the Mediterranean region the geometric patterns in these designs
honor nature in a suggestion of ferns, flowers, birds, or butterflies.
 

Turkish Fancy - Circle
The mirrored images are a delightful composition in the ever-widening patterns embraced by this timeless circle. The selection of bright primary colors in this example imbue a happy, stylish flair.
 For a touch of elegance, try it with subtler tones, as used in the patchwork purse project shown above.
 

Turkish Fancy - Border
Geometric folk art elements create an intricate border for a delightful and stylish hem.

Turkish Fancy - Corner
Plumes or ferns, blooms and birds -- a dash of elements from the
Turkish Fancy Circle combine to create a corner with flourish.

Fans and Flourishes
In every culture, the design principle of symmetry is demonstrated in everything human beings have constructed, from architecture to the artful patterns in oriental rugs. Let the arts of antiquity inspire your sewing with the patterns of fans and flourishes. See how the geometric square was used in the patchwork purse project shown this week.

Fans and Flourishes Geometric Square
A fan and a flourish times four! Mirror images come together to form perfect squares again and again -- from the center petals to the elegant curved flourishes to the outside corner fans -- each as perfect as the others, and framed in the geometry of a softly undulating square.

Fans and Flourishes Geometric Border
 

Fans and Flourishes Geometric Corner

Try mixing and matching a corner with a border design to frame a placemat or tablecloth.

Wild Rose Geometric

 Colors charm the eye, but it is the wholly proportioned design that creates serene perfection.
No mirror images here, the beauty is created by a harmonious order of repeating elements in this circle and the accompanying set of designs. The geometric shapes call to mind the essence of a wild rose.

Wild Rose Geometric - Circle
The eye and the heart resonate to the beauty of the perfect circle. In most cultures, the circle is an image filled with symbolism. This one is filled with whatever you care to imagine.

Wild Rose Geometric - Border
Echoing the intricacies of the Wild Rose circle, the festive patterns appear to dance
like petals on the wind or ocean waves.

Wild Rose Geometric - Corner
An elegant corner, designed to harmonize with the Wild Rose Circle.

Sheer Floral Designs for Leather
This collection of soft and sheer floral designs will produce stunning results on all kinds of fabrics,
but they were especially designed so you can sew them on leather, as shown in the project above.
The light touch of the needlework in these designs is what sets them apart. Delicate outlines, light shading, and negative space that borrows color from the background fabric are a winning combination. 
 

Sheer Floral Shapes - Rectangle
With the flourish of a Jacobean design, but the light touch of sheer stitchery,
these enchanting flower buds are captured in symmetrical splendor.
The rectangular shape is well-suited for totes, purses, and shirts.

Sheer Floral - Square
Fanciful frangipani buds and flower bring a sense of balance to the glorious large blossom
in the foreground of this composition, creating the essence of harmony. A festive design for leather
book cover, tote, or jacket pocket.

Sheer Floral Shapes - Circle

Graceful leaves embrace a singular tulip in an enchanting design.
Try it on washable ultra suede placemats or leather garments.

Sheer Floral Shapes - Octagon
A pair of breezy posies team up to swirl sassily about on light and airy fabrics,
 and they'll sew equally well on dense materials like leathers and ultra suede.

Sheer Floral Shapes - Border
A graceful line for trimming belts, bookmarks, or hems.

Sheer Floral Shapes - Corner
The perfect design for hanging out solo or coordinating with the sheer florals above.

Special Request of the Week
Embroidery Library is always inspired by your design suggestions, and we thank you for sending
us tons of terrific ideas, which we regularly incorporate into the weekly design themes. As a way
to expand on designs for specific quests, this space is dedicated to the "Request of the Week."
Here is this week's request:
 

Three Strikes Turkey Bowler

Mary has been searching for a whimsical turkey to represent the three strikes. So here is Terrie
Turkey fully outfitted with bowling shoes, shirt, and ball, giving us the High Five, errrr, we mean
Three!  You can join Mary in sewing it on towels and shirt, and maybe a bowling sling.