Free Embroidery Designs

Like what are the main types of stiches and what their names are and how you make it.

I have forgotten most of what I knew about tatting. However, I am capable of using Google, and so I can answer your question. Chain, picot, ring, double stitch.

I taught myself how to tat from an old needlecrafts book that my mother had. I also learned how to knit and crochet and do some embroidery from that book. You can still find such pamphlets and books in craft and hobby stores, as well as in libraries, if you prefer to read a book rather than look it up on the internet.

is there a specific type i should buy, or special needles. Any further info greatly aprecited, thanks.

Embroidery needles are often useful. All you need to do free motion embroidery is have a machine that allows you to drop or cover the feed dogs — the rest is up to you. Having a machine that allows you to do a stitch at a time and stop with needle up or needle down can also be useful, so you may wish to pay special attention to electronic machines (as opposed to mechanical):
http://www.cet.com/~pennys/faq/smfaq.htm

Best book on FME that I know of is Robbie and Tony Fanning’s Complete Book of Machine Embroidery, now out of print (but commonly available at libraries). While you’re at it, see if they can get you a copy of "Singer Instructions for Art Embroidery" — reprints are fine — the originals were done on treadle sewing machines.