Holiday Sewing Projects
Sew Some Holiday Magic: 5 Janome Projects to Love
The holidays are the perfect excuse to fire up your Janome and craft beautiful, useful handmade gifts and décor. From practical trays to playful appliqués and adorable bags, these sewing projects blend creativity with everyday holiday fun. Below, you’ll find five must-try Janome projects — each with an embedded video and a clear summary so your readers can jump right in.
Cookie Bag Machine Embroidery Project
What It Is: A festive, embroidery-enhanced cookie swap bag that makes holiday gifting and treat sharing extra special.
Why You’ll Love It: Janome Educator Anne takes you step-by-step through creating a sturdy, attractive carry bag using your embroidery machine. The project combines basic sewing with machine embroidery and decorative techniques (like couching) to personalize the bag for cookie swaps, holiday markets, or gifting baked goods. It’s functional, festive, and a perfect beginner-friendly embroidery project
The JEF file is located here:
https://www.janome.com/embroidery/holiday-open-house-2025-cookie-swap-bag/
Patchwork Dominoes Sewing Project
What It Is: A clever take on classic dominoes — made entirely of fabric blocks sewn on your Janome.
Quick Overview: This patchwork twist on a family favorite turns simple fabric squares into game pieces. The video walk-through highlights cutting, piecing, and sewing techniques that unify complementary fabrics into cohesive, easy-to-handle domino sets. Ideal for holiday gatherings or handmade gifting, this project sharpens basic quilting and precision techniques while producing a fun keepsake.
Washable Cookie Tray Sewing Project
What It Is: A reusable, washable fabric tray designed to hold holiday cookies, treats, or even small gifts.
Summary: Janome’s Susan shows how to create a padded tray that’s sturdy yet soft, perfect for carrying or serving baked goods without worrying about messes. Combining quilting basics with practical construction, this tray is a thoughtful gift or household staple that keeps holiday sweets organized and easy to transport.
Fabric Gift Bows Sewing Project
What It Is: Gorgeous, handcrafted fabric bows that look far more expensive than they are — ideal for dressing up wrapped gifts or tree décor.
Why It’s Great: Janome Educator Miriam breaks down how to sew elegant bows that pop off your packages and wreaths. These aren’t your run-of-the-mill ribbon bows — they’re crafted from fabric, giving them volume, texture, and a unique handmade charm that will get you noticed at every gift opening.
Cookie Cutter Applique Sewing Project
What It Is: Appliqué designs shaped like cookie cutters — fun embellishments for quilts, holiday table linens, tote bags, and more.
Project Highlights: Janome Educator Sam leads you through creating seasonal appliqué motifs using cookie cutter shapes. This project blends applique techniques with creative sewing — perfect for adding a handcrafted holiday touch to everything from potholders to pillow covers. Appliqué is versatile, beginner-friendly, and instantly elevates simple projects.
These Janome holiday projects strike a balance between practical and playful, beginner-friendly and impressive. Whether you’re sewing handmade gifts or adding custom flair to your holiday décor, there’s a project here to spark your creativity.
Ready, set, sew!
How many have you made???
I love the couching foot one and the bow!