Stitched Stories patterns are designed to give you projects that are a delight to stitch.
That means:
- The motifs you’re rendering are appealing and fresh.
- The stitch combinations keep you engaged with their variety even though they aren’t especially difficult.
- You can take true satisfaction in your own precise handwork.
Here are eight designed-to-delight morsels of Christmas stitching.
CHRISTMAS STITCH COMBO #1
On Mistletoe Farm:
- Outline a Christmas tree with retro teal split stitching.
- Fill it with bold bursts and little balls in yellow, pink and red.
- Add a pink halo around the tree topper.
CHRISTMAS STITCH COMBO #2:
In one section of Noel:
- Stitch wax drips with chain stitches
- Fill flames with yellow satin stitching
- Add salmon halos in whipped back stitch
- Finish with lazy-daisy boughs and French-knotted berries
Mistletoe Farm and Noel are displayed above a pine-covered mantle.
CHRISTMAS STITCH COMBO #3:
See a partial snowflake at the cottage peak and two more on either side of the window in Snowflake Christmas Cottage. Two tones of green are used to render doubled-lazy daisy stitching.
Stitch the larger outer loops in light green and the smaller lazy-daisy loops inside of them with forest green. Little French knots accents ray tips.
CHRISTMAS STITCH COMBO #4:
The mantle on Christmas Mantle is decorated with
- A chain-stitched garland topped with satin-stitched pompoms
- Striped Christmas stockings with scalloped and French-knot-topped cuffs
- Another garland spelling “MERRY”
Christmas Mantle displayed with stockings and decor.
CHRISTMAS STITCH COMBO #5:
Just a FEW of the stitch-packed holiday motifs on Christmas Pines include bells and pine boughs.
The bells are filled with straight-stitched repeating patterns. They have a chain-stitched bottom edge and satin-stitched clapper.
The boughs alternate with pinecone clusters. Each cone is filled with rust diagonals, and then gold lazy daisies are at each cone base. They’re outlined in brown split stitch.
Joy and Holiday Folk are paired and mounted low behind holiday decor.
CHRISTMAS STITCH COMBO #6:
Joy is a mandala-styled design featuring:
- Playfully-styled curvy trees
- Rickrack garland rendered with satin stitch
- Chain-stitched pink and yellow garland
- Whimsical reindeer with pointsettias between their antlers
CHRISTMAS STITCH COMBO #7
This reindeer is just one of the many Scandi-inspired motifs on Holiday Folk, and you’ll stitch it with:
- Chain-stitch-filled antlers
- A blanket bordered with fly-stitched scallops and French knots
- Three decorative lazy-daisy branches
CHRISTMAS STITCH COMBO #8
On Deck the Halls, rows of diamond shaped motifs interlock–like the Icelandic design on your favorite winter sweater.
The center row gives you blossoms to stitch in Christmas red and teal. The blossoms are bordered with lyrics from a Christmas song, and diamond-shaped pinecone cluster interlock with the blossoms.
Deck the Halls and Mistletoe Farm are layered over Christmas Pines–suspended by ribbons. Merry Trees (a small Stick and Stitch pattern) is propped against the larger piece. Gold bells and small trees complete the embroidery-focused vignette.
Which Christmas designs are you most delighted by?
Click here to browse all the holiday embroidery projects at Stitched Stories.
Tis the season to start stitching your holiday gifts and decor...
Our stick and Stitch patterns are perfect for making Christmas tree ornaments and for adding holiday motifs to linens and other fabric projects. Check them out over in the Stitched Stories holiday shop!
