Embroidery for Christmas season

 Hello, everyone.

It's been months now and still there are new things to learn with my Janome embroidery machine. There are so many different things that can be done with machine embroidery!

These are free-standing lace ornaments.The top left is the same pattern as the bottom left, but it has Mylar gift wrap sewn into the design. (This is the shiny stuff people use to fluff the tops of paper gift bags. It's actually thin shiny-coated plastic.)

The Mylar gets enclosed between two pieces of tulle...gosh, a way to use up some of the oceans of tulle around here!...and laid onto the wash away stabilizer. Painter's tape or embroidery tape is used to stick the edges down to keep them flat. And I like to use the automatic tack down box in my machine as well. At the end of the stitching, the ornament is carefully clipped out of the hoop and the remaining bits of stabilizer are soaked away. I like to finish off with a bit of Fray Check too prevent any untoward happenings later on.

I think the hearts and angels, being in the 2 to 5 inch range of sizing, could be added to a wreath as well as being hung on the Christmas tree. They all fit into my 5x5 hoop.