OK here’s a little Christmas project for you, which I’m posting early so that you can have time to make them. These are four little Christmassy texts, which you can stitch out and mount in blank cards to use as Christmas cards. (By the way, the French text is in honour of all the French readers of the blog, of which there are an increasing number!)
All the designs are for the 4×4 hoop, but because all the designs are of slightly different sizes, you’d do best to stitch them out first, and then measure the text so you can get the right-sized cards to mount them in. You can buy the blank cards on-line – just do a search for “aperture card blanks” and a lot of things should come up
Stitch them on a firm fabric, such as felt, and as these are for a festive occasion, you can use metallic thread to great effect. In the pictures below, the background and most of the little details are all done in metallics, although the effect is difficult to pick up in the scans.
Four little holiday cards
I’m not doing worksheets, because you should be able to cope without them. The first color is always the background pattern, and the second one is the main text. The third (and sometimes fourth) colours are the outlines and various miscellaneous details of the texts
Incidentally, these are very old designs, digitised with very old software, and like many of my very old designs there may be weird thread jumps here and there. As I’ve mentioned before, these are tricky for me to fix, so I hope they won’t irritate you too much. If necessary they can, of course, be trimmed after the embroidery is finished
Here are the four .pes v. 6 files: just click to download
Thank you Mia for these elegant Christmas greetings! The swirly designs behind the words really add a special touch.
I love them! Your Christmas card is still one of the best decorations in my sewing room, even though I’m still setting up the new one.
Thank you!
Thank you! Merry Christmas and a very happy prosperous New year.
Thank you Mia for your generosity. Merry Christmas and a Happy and prosperous New Year to you and your family.
Thank you Mia and wishing you a great Christmas Season ! Your Lion is great ! So happy for you and your new emb. machine. I have an older Innovis , it’s amazing. Got it second hand, a few years ago and use it all the time.
Do these files come in HUS format?