Christmas Bow with Lights Embroidery Design, Instant Download

So this one is a big classic ribbon bow rendered as black outline only, no fill on the ribbon itself, just chunky black satin running the edges. Two loops up top, two long zigzag-cut tails dropping down, and the centre knot wrapped neat. Strung through and across the whole bow is a vintage C9 christmas light strand, with the bulbs sitting in red, green, blue, and yellow, each one done as a solid filled teardrop shape that looks proper like the old-school glass bulbs.

Five colour stops total. Black runs first and does most of the heavy lifting (5,940 to 12,473 stitches depending on size). Then four small bulb passes: dark green (434 to 863), dark blue (379 to 739), red (599 to 1,173), and yellow (333 to 641). Density on the bulbs sits at 283 spi which is light enough to keep em flat and shiny without bulking up. The black outline runs as a column satin around 3 mm wide so it reads sharp even at the smaller sizes.

The challenge here is the trims, theyre kinda all over the place because the lights snake through the loops and youve gotta jump between bulbs constantly. Total trims run 78 to 82 per size. So watch yer thread tension on the bobbin during the colour changes or those tiny yellow bulbs (the smallest pass) will skip. industry software file, with directional underlay on the black ribbon and a centre run underlay under each bulb to keep em raised. Hoop with medium cutaway behind any knit or fleece.

One customer wrote me she stitched the 5.51 in version on the back yoke of a denim jacket as a 1950s diner-style holiday piece, used black thread and customising the bulbs to match her vintage palette (mustard, brick red, teal). Said its her fav piece of the season, gets compliments at every christmas market she runs.

Best on cream cotton, natural canvas, denim, light grey fleece, or any solid-colour twill thats not too busy. Skip busy plaids and tartans, the bulbs will get lost in the pattern. Avoid stretchy lycra blends unless you triple-stabilise it. The 5.51 in size sits nice on a tote front, the 7.47 in works for sweatshirt back panels or wall hoop art if youre going big.