Christmas Tree

A stitch-filled festive tree

Posted by Kelly Fletcher

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You Will Need (4 things)

  • Fabric
  • Threads
  • Needles
  • Hoop

Steps (4 steps, 120 minutes)

  1. 1

    Fabric:
    10 x 10" (25x25cm) white cotton/linen fabric

    Threads – DMC six-stranded cotton:
    347 Very dark salmon
    472 Ultra light avocado green
    743 Medium yellow
    3705 Dark melon
    3768 Dark grey green

    Needles:
    Embroidery: size 7 and 9
    Milliner: size 8

    Hoop:
    7 inches (17.5cm)

  2. 2

    Print the design provided in the download and transfer it on to the fabric using your preferred method.

  3. 3

    Embroider the tree according to the embroidery instructions, by following the pattern key:

    Stem 3768 (4)
    Stem = embroidery stitch
    3768 = DMC thread colour
    (4) = number of strands

  4. 4

    You'll find instructions for all the stitches used in this pattern in my ebook, 120 Embroidery Stitches. Otherwise there are loads of stitch tutorials online, just search for the stitch by name.