Holiday Apron

We stitched these samples using the

"Curly Christmas Alphabet" design collection from

Also, I don't think a Christmas design is complete without some

Swarovski crystals to highlight the stitching!

The photo doesn't show it well, but we used

red crystals for the holly and as a decorative touch around the names.

It really makes an impressive difference to the embroidery!

Design By Dawn offers a really neat little Christmas Kit of crystals for a very good price:

Trust me--you need this kit!