Christmas Book Tree with Lights Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Pulled this together for the readers who kinda want Christmas and books in the same breath. Its a stack of hardcover books arranged so theyre widest at the base and taper up to a star at the top, each spine in a different colour. Red spines, green spines, cream pages showing at the edges, and a loose strand of old-style bulb lights winding around the whole stack. really satisfying to watch come off the machine because each colour stop adds a new layer to the scene.

Set up in my workhorse software. The 9-colour sequence runs cream fill first for the page edges, then works through red, orange, light blue, two shades of green, dark green, black outlines and finally white highlights. That order keeps each colour section clear of the ones underneath and avoids the bobbin drag you get when you try to stitch a dark fill over a light one with no underlay planned in.

This is the kind of design that earns cutaway stabiliser on any fabric. The stitch count goes up to 67,789 on the large size and the density hits 1,474 per square inch, so the fabric needs solid backing or it will shift during the long run time. An olive or dark green corduroy backing handles the density fine and the thread colours all read clearly against it. For a tote bag front or a pillow cover, this is the one you hoop with your best cutaway and let it run.

One customer sent me a message after digitising it onto a dark corduroy tote she was making as a teacher gift. She said her colleague cried a lil bit when she saw it. That one stuck with me.

Stitch it on a corduroy tote for a book-lover friend. Use the mid-size on a reading pillow cover. Add it to a fabric book bag or a Christmas stocking for a library theme. Send me a note if any colour stop isnt aligning right and Ill check the file for you.