Holly Bow Embroidery Design, Christmas Pattern, Instant Download

Three colors, zero fuss. A big red bow takes up the middle with four thick looping tails spreading outward. Behind it dark green holly leaves fan out, spiky and pointed the way holly always is. Black stems and round little berries sit right at the center where the bow knot ties together. Thats the whole design, simple, traditional, the kind of thing that just works on nearly everything without fighting the base fabric.

Stitch counts run from 17,925 on the smaller end up to 48,639 at the full 5.5 inch size. Only 2 color changes, which keeps machine time down and threading straightforward. Pop firm tearaway behind most woven fabric and youre set. On stretchy sweatshirt knit, go cutaway instead. Skip very dark base colors unless you want to lay a light underlay first, the holly can disappear against a dark ground without it.

Honestly this is probably my most versitile christmas design. Its small enough for pocket patches and large enough for bag fronts, and because its only 3 thread colors you can swap the red for gold or navy and the whole thing recolours instantly. A customer this season stitched it in burgundy and cream on canvas bags for a craft fair and said it sold faster than everything else on the table. Text me if you need a colour substitution suggestion and I can point you in the right direction.