A couple of Merry Christmas freebies

A couple of weeks ago, when I posted a couple of fish made to look glittery with Mylar, I got a lot of appreciative comments so I thought I'd try to do a Christmas freebie that made use of this shiny plastic film. This star (4x4 inch, 100 x 100 mm) is very simple but it might find a home on craft items like Christmas cards, Christmas bags, etc. As usual., the scan doesn't seem all that sparkly but it looks fine in real life. The effect you get will depend very much on what colour Mylar you use - I used silver Mylar and red thread, but you could use almost any colour combination.

A glittery star, thanks to Mylar

And returning to more conventional things, here is a little bird with a sprig of Christmas greenery. He's also for the 4x4 inch (100 mm x 100mm) hoop so might work well as a Christmas card. Just one word of warning - there are LOTS of jumps between the berries, which will be a nuisance unless your machine cuts jumps. Unfortunately, though, there's really no other way to do it

Bird with holly branch

At any rate, here is the Mylar star (in .pes v.6) and here is the worksheet.

And here is the bird and holly, and here is the worksheet for it

 

Comments

[Sandra Lane]

Thank you Mia for the Christmas freebies. Yes the star will be very pretty with Mylar, I don't have any, however I think glitter material would be nice too I shall try that. The bird is also lovely, maybe some glitter through that as well. Endless choices, just finding the time to stitch at the moment. Thank you again for your lovely gifts.

[Gail Beam]

Hi Mia, Thank you for the beautiful Christmas bird with holly and mylar star designs. I think glitter fabric or metallic thread would be lovely for the star, holly berries, and bird too. The star would be lovely stitched out using 2 layers of clear vinyl or mylar with some glitter sandwiched inside to use as an ornament. Thank you so much Mia for your beautiful gifts.

[shirley]

Mia Now I will have to find my Mylar I bought a very years ago and put away so I would know were it is. I think I will use some glitter fabric with the little bird and holly.
thanks so much

[Beal]

Thank you! Now to get some mylar... 😊

[Phyllis]

Thank you again!! I have been wanting to try mylar.

[jacki tindall]

Thank you for your nice designs as usual. I have yet to try mylar.......don't know why, just dragging my feet. I think it looks great.

[Jacki Tindall]

Thanks for the link to the poem. I had not heard of it.........so cute, as are your cats !!

[nunzia pastore]

Thank you very much!!!