It won't be long now before we're baking pies, hosting dinners, and gobbling up (pun intended) delicious turkey dinners. (Is Thanksgiving really coming so soon?)
If you want to elevate your decor this season, here are 12 Thanksgiving projects to make on your embroidery machine! Remember, each design can be reimagined in ways far beyond the original project . . .
#1: Gather Together Bench Pillow
Kimberbell's oldie-but-goodie Gather Together Bench Pillow is tasteful and timeless, with an autumn wreath, applique pumpkin, and welcome sentiment. Step-by-step instructions for multi-hooping make this a fun project for decorating your home. You’ll also be able to make the “friendship braid” border blocks in-the-hoop!
🦃 Purchase Kimberbell's Gather Together Bench Pillow HERE!
#2: Count Your Blessings Tea Towel
Celebrate the season with Kimberbell’s Count Your Blessings Tea Towel! Create a simple towel on your sewing machine, add the applique design with your embroidery machine, and finish with a darling ruffle. With a homey, hand-stitched look, our this tea towel is delightful Thanksgiving decor!
🦃 Purchase and download Kimberbell's Count Your Blessings Tea Towel project HERE!
#3: November Mini Quilt
It’s farm-to-table fun with our November Mini Quilt! Enjoy the autumn harvest with a decorative turkey, freshly-stitched pie, applique gourds, and more. Stitch each block on your embroidery machine, add optional background quilting, and sew the blocks together on your sewing machine!
🦃 Purchase Kimberbell Mini Quilts, Vol. 2: July-December HERE!
#4: Turkey, Pie, & Football Pennant
Our Turkey, Pie, & Football Pennant is part of Kimberbell's Pennants & Banners: Happy Fall, Y’all collection! Designs are made entirely in-the-hoop and come in five sizes each. String them together with ribbon to create decorative banners for fireplaces, doorways, and so much more!
🦃 Purchase and download Kimberbell's Pennants & Banners: Happy Fall, Y’all HERE!
#5: Sweet as Pie Bench Pillow
Kimberbell’s Sweet as Pie Bench Pillow is a feast for the eyes! Create pie filling with fabric and iron-on vinyl, then top with a lattice crust. Silver Embroidery Leather adds metallic shine to the mixer and pie tins, while Flexi Foam gives puffy dimension to dollops of cream!
🦃 Purchase Kimberbell's Sweet as Pie Bench Pillow HERE!
#6: In All Things Give Thanks Pillow
Kimberbell's 22 x 22” In All Things Give Thanks Pillow is warm and whimsical with pumpkins, leaves, turkeys, and more. Acorns and leaves surround the sentiment, while traditional star blocks and turkey tail feathers are pieced right in-the-hoop! Slip our 18 x 18” Pillow Insert through the envelope enclosure.
🦃 Purchase and download Kimberbell's In All Things Give Thanks Pillow HERE!
#7: Machine Embroider by Number: Turkey
Our ME by Number: Turkey is pieced in-the-hoop of your embroidery machine with our easy technique. Stitch the template on Kimberbell Project Batting, then follow instructions to add the applique! Available in five graduating sizes, this festive design features crosshatch quilting and optional ribbon loops.
🦃 Purchase and download Kimberbell's ME by Number: Turkey HERE!
#8: November Bench Buddies
Gratitude is always in season! Our rectangle Bench Buddy is a warm reminder of blessings big and small. The sentiment is accented with burlap ribbon, twine, a pretty Mylar pumpkin, and embroidered lace twigs, while a single autumn leaf draws the eye to the simple, “Give Thanks.”
🦃 You can purchase this Bench Buddies collection HERE. (And don't forget to get the rectangle pillow form HERE!)
#9: Talkin' Turkey Table Runner
Create a stunning Thanksgiving display with Kimberbell’s Talkin’ Turkey Table Runner! Made with both a sewing and embroidery machine, this darling project features beautiful blocks and an applique turkey (in two sizes). Add optional background quilting designs to take your project over-the-top!
🦃 Purchase and download Kimberbell's Talkin' Turkey Table Runner HERE!
#10: November Kimberbell Cuties
Kimberbell Cuties celebrate the seasons with beautiful blocks and darling designs. Gather ‘round our 22 x 22" November table topper with square center blocks in warm autumn tones! A whimsical wreath, fall foliage, and sweet sentiment adorn each corner.
🦃 Purchase Kimberbell Cuties, Vol. 2: July-December HERE!
#11: Save the Date Pillow Panel
Create delightful decor with Kimberbell Save the Date Pillow Panels! Stitch your panel in 5x7 (or larger) machine embroidery hoops, attach to an 18 x 18” pillow, then easily switch for the next holiday season. Designs come in two sizes for 12x10 and 9x9 panels and feature a variety of beautiful embellishments.
🦃 Purchase and download Save the Date Pillow Panels HERE! Pssst . . .the February. 14th design is FREE!
#12: Background Quilting
Background quilting always takes machine embroidery projects to a new level. We have many Thanksgiving and autumn quilting designs available, including the Thanksgiving 3 design shown here! New background quilting designs are being added every day. Click HERE to check them all out!
🦃 Find Thanksgiving background quilting designs HERE!
So, what do you think? Which Thanksgiving project is your favorite (and have you made any of them already)? Remember, each project has limitless possibilities . . .
For example, you could take just one block from Sweet as Pie or just one design from the In All Things Give Thanks Pillow and do how many smaller projects?
Options and inspiration and creativity are definitely things we can ALL be thankful for. 😄 Happy stitching!
