Free Machine Embroidery Designs
Every design on this page is free to download, with no subscription and no minimum spend. Add to cart, check out at $0.00 and download straight away.
How the free designs work
Everything on this page is free to download. There is no subscription, no minimum spend and no bundle to buy first. Add the designs you want to your cart, check out at $0.00, and the files are waiting in your account straight away.
There are more than 120 free machine embroidery designs here, covering alphabets, animals, Christmas, Halloween, Easter, applique, free standing lace, redwork and more. Every design comes in the most popular machine formats, including PES, JEF, DST, EXP and HUS, and almost all of them fit a 4x4 inch (100 x 100 mm) hoop.
More free embroidery designs every day
As well as the permanent free collection above, there are two ways to pick up something new:
- Daily free design: a different design is free each day. Log in to your account to download it, and sign up for the Daily Freebie Reminder so you never miss one. See today's design on the Specials page.
- Free design every 4 hours: a randomly chosen design changes every four hours, and no login is needed. Grab the current one on the 4 hourly free design page.
Free embroidery designs for every machine
Every free design includes the most popular formats: PES, PEC, JEF, DST, EXP, HUS and CSD. Many designs also come in VP3, XXX, PCS, SEW, VIP, SHV, EMB and DGT. The formats available are listed on each design, and you just tick the ones you need when you add it to your cart.
Not sure which format your machine uses?
- PES and PEC: Brother and Baby Lock
- JEF and SEW: Janome and Elna
- HUS, VIP, SHV and VP3: Husqvarna Viking and Pfaff
- PCS: Pfaff
- XXX and CSD: Singer
- DST, EXP, DGT and EMB: Tajima, Melco, Bernina, commercial machines and embroidery software
Free alphabet letters
Many of the free designs are single letters from our machine embroidery fonts. They are a great way to try a font on your own machine before you buy it. When you find a style you love, you can get the complete font set from our machine embroidery alphabets collection.
Free design questions
Are the designs really free?
Yes. Every design on this page checks out at $0.00. You never need to enter payment details to download them.
Do I need an account?
Yes, a free account is needed for this page and for the daily free design, so your downloads are saved and you can download them again later. The 4 hourly free design does not need an account.
What hoop size do I need?
Almost all of the free designs fit a 4x4 inch (100 x 100 mm) hoop. A few larger ones need a 5x7 inch (130 x 180 mm) hoop, and the size is listed on each design's page.
How do I download my free designs?
On each design, tick the format or formats your machine uses, then add it to your cart. You can choose more than one format. Check out at $0.00, then go to your account and open Downloads to save your files.