Christmas hand embroidery, oh you're my absolute favourite.

Out of all the craft and creative projects I do on my blog, or even in my spare time, hand embroidery, hand sewing, cross stitching, anything that involves fabric, thread and a needle is what I flourish at. It's what I've been doing since I was small and had a plastic needle with my very first cross stitch set - let's just say, I'm confident in this environment.

Last year I put together three embroidery hoop art designs with a free printable so you could try it yourself, and you talented lot have! It's honestly the best feeling seeing that you guys are getting involved with the content I put out and making things for yourself. If you ever take inspiration from my blog or have recreated something I have, whether it's baking or a diy, please let me know. Knowing I've helped motivate someone just makes me so happy.

I spend far too much of my time browsing home decor websites, and even though I wish I could purchase every single thing, it's also a place I gather a lot of inspiration. I'm one of those people who if I can attempt (even just the slightest), to do it myself I will, especially when it comes to Christmas decor. I'm such a huge advocate for a homemade Christmas. Wall hangings have been really popular this year, and I wanted to try my own festive take on that; a hand embroidery wall hanging to be exact.

If you have seen the movie Elf, you may recognise the quote, "there's room for everyone on the nice list," it's a fun little play on words, and it's completely true! Hopefully, my name will be on that list this year.

When creating the graphics, I played with a few fonts but wanted to emphasise on the words 'everyone' and 'list'. I'm constantly inspired by typography and I always love how they use different fonts and sizes to really create a motion in words. We needed a little decoration too, so I've added some lights (which you make recognised from my previous festive embroidery set), and some presents tucked in at the bottom.

When it came to the embroidery, I used a satin stitch throughout pretty much the entire thing. This is an easy stitch to do, it fills a space well but also just looks so good. To work alongside the different style of fonts, I chose a different colour story. For the main text, I split the letters in half and created a sort of ombre effect running vertically. For the italic letters, I used a glitter and red thread combo. I also used a variety of colours and glittered thread for the lights, and chain stitch for the wire. A chain stitch always looks so effective when you're stitching something that has twists as it naturally turns without any jagged edges. I dressed the presents with a few french knots and created bows using bakers twine.

The free printable is available below, which you can customise with any colours to match your own personal style.

Turning your embroidery into a wall hanging is pretty simple, I've got the full tutorial for you below. To add a little more colour, I've used a pom-pom trim along the bottom and two large pom-poms on my wooden dowel. This is a cute little festive way to add some fun and colour to any wall of your home or share it is as a gift which can be put up year after year.

Let me know in the comments below what you think of my hand embroidery wall hanging. And if you've seen Elf, what is your favourite quote? We have only 4 diys left, which I know you will all love. Don't forget to check my advent calendar for all you have missed so far.