The last post on our Christmas in July event brings a few more ideas for crafting and sewing fun. Read on for holiday inspiration you can start now.

Make adorable sewing ornaments by wrapping empty thread spools with glittery trim, and adding some cute embellishments to the top and bottom.

See the tutorial on the ornaments above along with the cookie cutter button ornaments below on my post Handmade Christmas Ornaments.

Use your embroidery machine to stitch out small motifs or holiday words. Then use a large covered button kit to mount the stitchery, adding trims and a ribbon hanger to finish. Fussy cut motifs like the ornament in the center work well, too.

These look wonderful on the tree.

Small cross stitch motifs work well too. If you cannot find the large covered button kits, simply sew a border on your cross stitchery, sew to a backing right sides together, turn and stuff. Topstitch the edge. Add trim as you like.

Mount your stitching project in a small hoop and add a lace trim. Here, I glued green lace to the top of the hoop, and white lace to the bottom. The ribbon hanger is tied to the screw.

Use a pretty print to make an apron for yourself or gifts. This one is made with a poinsettia print. See the pattern on a post I did for Autumn Jubilee, just use a Christmas print instead of the autumn theme – Kitchen Apron. For those with an embroidery machine, you could embroider a Christmas sentiment at the top, like I did for the Canning Apron.

Make a Twisted Snowflake Ornament with elegant black and gold, or use white and silver. The color combinations could be any you like.

If you enjoy wool work projects, make the Christmas Wool Applique Penny Rug. The pattern and tutorial are on that post.

My all time most-downloaded pattern is for this Christmas hexagonal table topper, with over 8900 downloads!! It is so easy, just fussy cut a hexagon center, then put on four borders of varying widths. Here’s the post link with the tutorial, and at the end is a pdf download along with a hexagon template. – Christmas Hexagonal Table Topper.

Need more project ideas? Just use my Christmas category on the sidebar for over 12 years of posts, free patterns and ideas. Share your projects in our Facebook group!

Leave a comment if you enjoyed the event and if you plan to make any of the projects.

With the Christmas in July event now done, I’m going to take some time off. I hope I’ve given you enough to play with for a couple of weeks. See ya later!!

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