Christmas Floral Mandala Embroidery Design, Instant Download

A mandala built entirely from Christmas botanical shapes. Fern fronds, holly sprays, and little tulip-shaped buds all arranged in perfect 8-way radial symmetry, so it reads like a snowflake from a distance but up close youre seeing actual leaves and berries. The contrast between the dense dark green fill and the red berry clusters is sharp enough that this works on white, cream, and even pale grey fabric without losing definition.

3 thread colors only. Red, dark green, black for the outline passes. I find 3-color designs like this one are genuinely faster to run because youre not stopping every 10 minutes. At the largest size, 41,996 stitches, you get about 105 trims total across 2 color changes, so the run is smooth. My friend Priya borrowed this file last christmas and put the 7.44 inch size dead center on a table runner she sells at craft markets. Said it sold out in one weekend.

Lay fusible mesh under fine linen or quilting cotton before hooping if you want zero movement on the radial arms. The satin fill density is calibrated for 40wt poly or rayon, so dont try to run it with 60wt without adjusting tension first or the coverage will look thin at the star center.

Stitch it on a table runner, a set of Christmas napkins, or a framed hoop to hang through the season. The symmetry also makes it ideal for tote bag centers where you need a design that reads from any angle. Send me a note if you want advice on thread colour substitutions for non-Christmas colourways.