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October 4 ~ Handmade Holiday Inspiration
Every day this month we’ll share some Handmade Holiday inspiration. It’s going to be fun!
Little Hoop Embroideries by Megan, Lilac Saloon
We don’t have a tutorial to share for these cute, little embroideries, but we love the idea of using 3″ hoops to design some one-of-a-kind ornaments. Megan sells these as custom name embroideries in her Lilac Saloon shop, in addition to some beautiful, larger embroidered pieces. If Megan’s work inspires you to design your own small hoops, you can use our Hand Sewing Month posts as a great stitching resource.
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59 Responses to “October 4 ~ Handmade Holiday Inspiration”
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Ok, those are amazingly cute. I’m gonna have to make some ASAP.
Wow – cute. How cool would these look on the tree or used as gift tags.
Love this idea. Thanks for sharing
Looking at the ideas embroidery I saw the post about sewing with kids and I was reminded of a great activity we did at preschool with the old orange bags (netting) and meat trays. Both work really well for sewing and you could use Christmas pictures with holes punched in them and felt stars to create a beautiful Christmas hanging made by your children. Then add one of these frames to it with their name so it it homemade and really special.
What a great idea to personalize.
I love these. What great gifts these would make at Christmas time. Thanks for sharing.
These are darling!
these are sweet. they would be nice as gift toppers too, or stocking stuffers!
Great idea
Have a nice day
Great idea!
Ooh, I love the idea of using several of these to create a kind of family tree on the wall, with holiday colors for Christmas!
Cute, and non-expensive gift
I think these are sweet, and I was just envisioning the keepsake value of letting my six year make some too!
I love these, I’m really into hand embroidery at the moment so this would be a lovely little project.
These are darling!
so cute!
Love this idea! So cute!
I was hoping for some tips on how to finish the back of the hoop so it looks tidy!
These are just lovely! I really like the idea and plan to add it to my list of ideas for small Christmas gifts. Thanks for sharing it.
Adorable!
This is such a great, simple idea!
precious! great idea for ornaments for kids!
oooh these are impossibly cute! can’t wait to make some for christmas gifts.
These are very cute – thanks for the idea.
Everything Alice sounds interesting.
Adorable! I want to make this if I can make the time.
These tiny hoop embroideries are gorgeous! I’m off to see if I can find some small hoops!
I love these! I think I’ll make a pair for my brother and his girlfriend!
These are very sweet ornaments. Thank you for sharing.
That is a cute idea for ornaments! Now if only I had room for a tree…
These are adorable, I like the Megan one it has a great dimensional look. I think she used a layer of cotton batting to achieve it- must go experiment.
OOhhh, exciting!
What a cute idea!I am going to have my girl’s each try to make one.
They are really awesome!
These are so sweet, what a great idea!
These are perfect for my kids to make for gifts this year (I better get them started!) as they just learned how to embroider this summer!
These little hoops are so cute. I think they would look cute on the bedroom doors at my house!
Oh, soooo cute! Definitely going to make some of these as gifts. Thanks!
These are beautiful. Thanks for the idea.
lovely inspirations! The wheels are turning…
They look just perfect for the x-mas ornament exchange! Thanks for sharing!
WOW! These are soooo cute!
Super CUTE! I even have some hoops this size. What a bonus!
Lovely!
Super cute. I think I have a vintage sheet that matches the floral on the Megan one!
These are adorable! I have a friend who will love this idea!
cute!
This is just what I need. I’m a member of a quilt guild and they all have cute name tags. So far I’m nameless. But this will solve that problem. I can’t wait to try them out!
I really want to take at look at “Everything Alice.”
I love anything in an embroidery hoop, and these are adorable!
Love this one too! These little hand stitching inspirations. Perfect for the soon-to-be midnight breastfeeding mama to do. Thanks!
Those are really cute little name hoops -
that’s a great idea!!
That idea of using a hoop as a frame hit a nerve with me, it would be the answer to small gifts I have waiting to make in my head, thank-you
very inspirational..so much one could do!
These are so adorable and a great idea! Cant wait to make some and put them on our tree!
So adorable!
Those are darling, I love the look of the cotton print behind the felt.
Somewhere I have a box of cross-stitch Christmas scenes, waiting for me to do something with them. This may be just the thing.
Ornaments are great; shouldn’t take a lot of time. Love the placemats and napkins
Thanks
I just love this idea!