Eastern Elegance

Travel to a land of Eastern Elegance with this collection of new machine embroidery designs. Sashiko-inspired quilt blocks, Japanese garden scenes, and alluring wildlife offer a rich and inviting style that is perfect for wall art, quilts, tea towels, and more. Honor traditional art forms of East Asian cultures and create projects filled with beauty and grace.

Pay homage to East Asian culture with a structure that has become synonymous with both spirituality and grace. Found in countries such as Nepal, Korea, Japan and China (among others), pagodas are often used as religious temples and places of honor. Our project instructions will show you how to stitch and assemble this grand design.

Paint a poem and add a stroke of genius to your latest projects with these Japanese sumi-e brushstroke inspired designs. Wild creatures come to life with movement and grace, offering the perfect adornment for clothing, pillows, and more.

Take a stroll through a tranquil Japanese garden with these calming naturescapes. Perfectly manicured and blooming with promise, these designs make a peaceful statement on tea towels, curtains, and more.

Tradition meets East Asian elegance with this Grandmother's Fan in-the-hoop quilt block. Part applique and part quilting, this machine embroidery design can be used in a myriad of ways and done in a variety of fabrics, resulting in quilts that are unique and magical. Our project instructions will show you just one way to stitch up this functional piece of art.

The Japanese tradition of sashiko -- meaning "little stabs" -- is an art dating back nearly 400 years. Once utilitarian in nature, this style has become known for its distinctive quilting patterns. Pair these motifs with some of our other sashiko quilting designs for a truly stunning project. Use cotton thread for a sturdier look. Project instructions will show you how.

By request for Courtney! This Lucky "Maneki-neko" Cat offers fortune and good luck to all who stitch her. Born from long standing mythology in both Japanese and Chinese cultures, this little creature wears white for happiness, gold for wealth, red for success in love, and green for good health. Let this colorful kitty adorn purses, pillows, aprons, and more. Choose your own colors for a special kind of luck.

The Request of the Week program allows customers to suggest a design for us to draw and digitize. It's a popular program, and designs are currently scheduled through the end of 2018. But we still want to read your ideas! Send them to support@emblibrary.com for consideration.

To see other designs that have been created by requests, click here.