Merry Christmas Tree Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Drew up this merry christmas tree design for red tea towels -- 5 sizes, 3.5 to 7.5 inches -- thats where the single-colour approach really makes sense. The forest green tree has round ornament shapes outlined along the branches and Merry Christmas written in flowing script across the lower portion. Its all one colour stop which makes the run simple, and the contrast between the dense fill tree and the lighter script lettering below creates enough visual separation that it reads as two elements even though its technically one thread pass.

And the stitch count range is alot wider than it looks: 8,737 at the 3.5-inch size and up to 19,198 at 7.5 inches, because the script lettering adds density fast at scale. Mapped through Wilcom EmbroideryStudio with directional fill on the tree body and underlay beneath the script so the letters dont sink. On a red tea towel the tree colour pops without needing a border or background fill. The ornament circles use satin-edge with a hollow centre so they look like actual hanging baubles rather than filled dots.

Use a medium-weight cutaway stabiliser on towelling and a light tearaway on woven cotton. Hooped tight at all 5 sizes. The 5.5-inch version is my go-to for a standard kitchen tea towel width. One customer ran alot of these on red linen for a church fundraiser last christmas season, said they sold out in the first hour. Skip white or very light cream fabric unless youre changing the thread to a darker forest shade -- single-colour designs need contrast to land.

Stitch the large version on a linen apron bib, use the mid size on a folded napkin corner, or run the smallest on a fabric coaster. The ornament detail holds cleanly down to the 3.5-inch size on woven fabrics.