Festive Ornamented Holiday Tree Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Ten-colour Christmas tree packed with decoration. The forest green base has graduated shading across the branches, and onto it every ornament type loads in: round baubles in red, royal blue, purple, and gold, a looping gold garland snaking between the branches in loose curves, white and silver star scatter detail, and a bright yellow-gold star sitting right at the tip. Brown pot base anchors the whole thing at the bottom.

Its wide not tall. All 3 sizes run wider than they are tall: smallest at 5.51 inches wide by 2.85 high, largest at 7.51 wide by 3.88. Thats deliberate, the tree silhouette sits along hems, stocking tops, and table runners as a banner element rather than a centrepiece. Stitch counts go from 22,000 up to 30,000, so its not a light run but nothing extreme either.

I made this specifically because a customer told me she wanted a proper fully-dressed tree, not a plain outline and not a cartoon. She wanted real ornaments, she said. So this one has 10 colours and I didnt cut any corners on the garland detail. Its one of the designs I get the most repeat purchases on every december.

Best use is along the bottom hem of a Christmas cotton apron or a wide linen table runner border. Stitch the large version across the top of a felt Christmas stocking for a classic traditional look. Use the mid-size on a holiday tote bag front panel. Avoid pale fabric for the green branch sections, the forest fill washes out against cream or white.

Ten colours means a longer thread change list but Wilcom sequenced it well. Run the branch base fills first, then the ornament colours in groups. Save the gold garland and the star topper for last so they sit visually on top. Keep the garland tension a touch looser than normal for the looping sections and use cutaway stabiliser beneath heavier fabrics.