The Accidental Embroiderer

A free Christmas frame

It's getting near that time of year again, and although I really don't like the idea of celebrating the holidays until at least the middle of December, I do appreciate that festive sewing has to begin well before the important date. So here's a decorative frame embellished with holly leaves, for the 5×7 inch (130 x 180 mm) hoop. The design can be used horizontally ("landscape" orientation) or, as in the scan, vertically ("portrait" orientation). You could use it to frame a holiday text or greeting, or another seasonal design. Or if you have a favourite photo you could use your ink-jet printer to print it on special fabric and use that to appliqué in the centre of the frame

Hollyframe

The frame with an appliquéd centre

Alternatively, you could leave out the appliquéd centre altogether, and just stitch the design straight on to your fabric. The choice is yours!

Now – I'm trying something new this month. Instead of writing to ask me for the design, you should be able to download it directly by clicking THIS LINK. And don't forget to download the worksheet by clicking this worksheet link

27 thoughts on “A free Christmas frame

  1. Hallo,
    der Direkt-Download hat leider nicht funktioniert. Könnte ich bitte den schönen Weihnachtsrahmen bekommen – V6. Danke
    Gruß Gisela

  2. Thank you! I’d love this and will use it to make a label if I ever finish my Christmas-themed quilt! 🙂

  3. Hi Mia, Thank you so much for this spectacular Holly frame design that can be used in a variety of ways! Along with the many ideas you presented for using this frame it would make fabulous Christmas towels or linens with a monogram too.
    Thank you!!
    Gail

  4. Mia, thank you so much. I hope by doing this it saves you much work getting back with each of us. I have some Yenmet metallic thread that is going to work nicely with this design. Thanks again! Deena

  5. Love the holly frame and can see many uses for it in the coming holiday season. A problem, though, because it downloads as a corrupt file. Could you please send it to me in an email?

  6. Ist so ein tolles muster,knn ihn leider nicht downloaden,haben sie eine idee wie ich das machen kann.Vielen dank

  7. Beautiful frame and would love to use it in many ways. After download I open to a blank file. Anything we could do to remedy this?

  8. This frame is really very very fine, but my computer says “design
    without drawing points or damaged”. Can you help me? Many thanks

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