Rose of Sharon snowflake and let your imagination run

and let your imagination run wild as you infuse your stitching projects with even more holiday magic

embroider the center motif

For our project we embroidered these designs on an apron

Some of the designs included are of course the ark itself

With only a few colors in each block

Rose of Sharon snowflake and let your imagination runFor this Mix and Match collection we chose a traditional quilting theme, Rose of Sharon. This type of quilt was typically created by hand using dozens of small applique pieces. The end result was beautiful but very time consuming. Instead of hand piecing and sewing blanket stitches around all of the beautiful leaves and owers we decided to use machine applique and surround the shapes with stain stitches. The end result is stunning! This collection