Bring festive nostalgia to your winter stitching with this elegant Christmas train design, showing a steam locomotive pulling passenger cars through the snow. The bright red and green bodywork, touched with gold and set against cool blues, greys and white, gives it a classic Christmas feel without losing the playful cartoon style. It suits anyone who loves old-fashioned railway details, from the glowing headlight and cowcatcher to the plume of smoke and snowy roofs.
With 10 thread colours and a dense, heavily stitched finish, this is a design that looks substantial and full once sewn out. It works especially well on Christmas stockings, quilt blocks, sweatshirt fronts, pyjama cases and festive tote bags, where the track, wheels and snow patches have room to read clearly. Choose a stable fabric or a well-supported heavier item such as denim, canvas, fleece or cotton twill to let the detail sit neatly and show off the rich winter contrast.
