The Christmas Rose, or Messianic Rose, is a small white flower that blooms in midwinter, and these floral machine embroidery designs put it on vestments and linens for Christmas and the festival seasons. Tradition made it a gift to the Christ Child and a sign of the prophecy that the desert shall blossom as the rose. The designs show the rose alone, on a single stem, with double leaves, in a lattice cross and in a quatrefoil with the Chi Rho, and there is also a rosebud spray from a vintage design in the Ecclesiastical Sewing library.
Each design downloads in the common machine formats, most in several sizes, from a two inch motif for a stole or a purificator to a seven or nine inch rose for a chasuble, a frontal or a banner. They are digital files, not stitched pieces; the design opens on your machine and you choose the threads. More seasonal designs are in the Christmas designs and the machine embroidery collection.
Questions about Christmas Rose designs
Which formats?
DST, EXP, HUS, JEF, PCS, PES and XXX for most designs, with VIP and VP3 on some; the format list is on each design.
Where do they belong in the church year?
Christmas and Epiphany first, and the Messianic Rose also suits Advent, Marian feasts and any white or ivory festival set.
