Christmas embroidery ideas
Popular Christmas embroidery projects are personalized stockings, holiday sweatshirts, tea towels, napkins, ornaments and gift bags. A small tree, snowflake or holly sprig at 3 to 4 inches suits most of them, and adding a name with lettering turns any of them into a personal gift.
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Personalized stockings
A tree on the cuff with the name stitched underneath. Embroider the cuff before the stocking is sewn together.
Size: Up to 4 in on the cuff
Get the free christmas tree design - 2
Holiday sweatshirt
A reindeer or snowman on the chest of a crewneck. Use cut-away and a topping on fleece.
Get the free reindeer design 
3Tea towels
A gingerbread man in a corner of a woven tea towel, quick to stitch and easy to gift.
Size: 3–4 in in a corner
Get the free gingerbread man design
4Napkins
A small holly sprig in one corner of each napkin for the holiday table.
Size: 2–3 in
Get the free holly sprig design- 5
Kids' pajamas
A snowman on the chest of matching pajamas, with soft cut-away on the knit.
Left chest: about 3.5 × 2.25 in
Get the free snowman design 
6Mittens and hats
A mitten or snowflake on a knit beanie cuff.
Beanie cuff: about 3.5 × 1.4 in
Get the free mitten design
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8Window or wall hoop art
A snowflake stitched on linen and left in the hoop as a decoration.
Size: 4–5 in
Get the free snowflake design
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Before you stitch
- Order of work: embroider flat pieces before they're sewn into stockings or bags.
- On sweaters and fleece, add a water-soluble topping so stitches sit on top.
- Plan names to fit: the lettering size calculator shows how big a name comes out.
Make it personal
Add a name in one of 12 lettering styles, a monogram, or turn your own drawing, logo or photo into a ready-to-sew file.
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What can I embroider for Christmas?
Popular Christmas embroidery projects are personalized stockings, holiday sweatshirts, tea towels, napkins, ornaments and gift bags. A small tree, snowflake or holly sprig at 3 to 4 inches suits most of them, and adding a name with lettering turns any of them into a personal gift.
Where can I get the designs?
Every design on this page is in the free design library, ready in DST, PES, JEF and other formats with a free account. To use your own artwork or a logo, upload it to the digitizer.
How do I add a name to a design?
Make the name with the text to embroidery tool in a style that suits the design, at the size the lettering size calculator suggests, and stitch it under or beside the design.
What size should the design be?
Each idea lists the usual size. The embroidery size chart has the details for every placement, and the hoop pages show the largest design each hoop sews.
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