Christmas Decorating with Machine Embroidery

Merry Christmas Sewers! Pour your favorite beverage and sit back and enjoy the photos of my machine embroidery decorated Christmas home. For most of the projects, I used machine embroidery designs from Kimberbell (they’re just sew darn cute and easy). This is one of the table toppers from Kimberbell Cuties Seasonal Table Toppers Vol. 1

The little snowman head is a sewing pattern by Nancy Halvorsen.

This oldie but goodie wall hanging was a quilt along on Lori Holt’s blog back in 2014. It is not machine embroidery. It uses pieced blocks.

To add a handmade touch to my fireplace mantel, I used a vinyl phrase and a woodland-style garland.

The cute little critter garland is from the Kimberbell Heart-Felt Friends collection.

For the “wonderful winter” phrase, I cut removable vinyl with my Cricut maker. The phrase is from Cricut Design space.

Another removable vinyl design that I added to my winter decor is this sweet snowman. It was difficult to get a nice photo because my refrigerator reflects the images in the room.

My Jingle All the Way quilt hangs in the entryway to greet guests at the front door.

I appreciate all the details that Kimberbell adds to their machine embroidery designs.

This 3 tier tray is a favorite of mine from last Christmas (2022). It sits here on my dining table on top of a small pieced and quilted topper that I sewed up for my mom in 2010. The memory of sewing that table topper and gifting it to her, makes it feel like she is present here with me at Christmas.

These Kimberbell embroidery hoop frame designs give my prim style tree a touch of modern Christmas whimsy

Thank you all for reading my blog. I hope you enjoyed the handmade decoration tour. If you celebrate the birth of our Lord, I pray that you have a blessed, Merry Christmas. And to all of my readers, you are in my thoughts often. 

Christmas Stocking Gift Packaging

It’s almost that time of year again, sewing friends
Do you have your gift packaging ready?

If you’re a machine embroiderer, 
here’s a great DIY gift card holder
The design is by Missy B Stitchin
and this is the smallest size
The stocking is completely done in the hoop
It ends up about 4 1/2″ wide by 6 1/2″ tall
That’s a great size for gift cards, candy, or jewelry
For comparison purposes,
here it is next to a full-size candy bar
The zipper opening is about 3″ wide
and the stocking is fully lined
Your special someone will be thrilled with the packaging as much as with what is inside
Okay, you have plenty of time to get some of these stitched up for your gifts
Go – fire up that embroidery machine
What’s that?  No time to make these yourself?
They’re available for purchase in my shop
Have a merry last weekend of October, my friends