Free hand embroidery fireworks design

Forget firecrackers, whip up your own fireworks display with our free embroidery design by Mollie Johanson.

Brighten up your walls with a bouquet of embroidery hoop art and create your own display on Guy Fawkes’ Night. There are three free embroidery designs which you can download from our templates. All you need to do is choose your thread – neons work best!

If you’re an embroidery newbie, learn how to embroider with our free guide and our embroidery for beginners step-by-step tutorial.

You will need:

• Tissue paper
• Get the fireworks template
• Pen
• Pins
• Embroidery hoops: 3″, 4″, and 5″
• Dark grey or black wool felt: 2 standard sheets or 7″ x 20″
• Variegated embroidery floss in several colours
• Embroidery needle
• Black acrylic paint
• Paintbrush

Fireworks embroidery design

Step 1

Trace the pattern onto tissue paper. Place the felt into the embroidery hoop, then pin the traced pattern onto the felt.

Step 2

Stitch through the felt and tissue, following the pattern, using running stitch, backstitch and French knots wrapped once.

Step 3

When all the stitching is done, tear away the tissue paper, being careful not to tug at the stitches. If bits of tissue remain, use a needle or tweezers to remove them.

Step 4

Remove the embroidery from the hoop, then paint the outer ring. Take extra care around the area with the metal fastening. Paint several coats until the paint is even and has a flat finish.

Step 5

After the paint is dry, place the embroidery in the internal hoop. Trim around the felt, leaving a small border and clip the felt to make small tabs. Glue the tabs down along the inside of the hoop.

Step 6

Cut a length of floss to form a hanger. Loop floss through the screw on the hoop, then tie the two ends together, and that’s it! Now you can hang your display and enjoy your fireworks embroidery design.

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Mollie Johanson

Mollie is the author of Stitch Love: Sweet Creatures Big & Small. She lives near Chicago and is happiest with a cup of coffee and some stitching. She specializes in designing exceedingly cute, contemporary embroidery and cross stitch projects with a kawaii influence. Her work has been featured on The Spruce Crafts and in books and magazines including Simply Sewing Magazine, Cross Stitch Crazy and Mollie Makes. She co-hosts the Very Serious Crafts Podcast with Haley Pierson-Cox and Heidi Gustad. Find her on Instagram @molliejohanson

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