Embroidering a reversible holiday runner with the PFAFF creative expression 750 by Margaret Sweete November 5, 2025 written by Margaret Sweete November 5, 2025 1 In yesterday’s post, I showed you the two machines I used to create a variety of cozies (the ice cream cozy being my personal favorite!) to gift during the upcoming holidays: the PFAFF creative expression 750 Sewing and Embroidery Machine and the SINGER MOMENTO 24” Digital Cutting Machine. Exploring the embroidery side of the PFAFF creative expression 750 Today, I’ll share just a glimpse of the vast embroidery possibilities offered by the PFAFF creative expression 750 machine—this is merely the tip of the iceberg, as there are countless options to explore beyond what I can cover in this post. Since this is a Wi-Fi-enabled machine, we can access the online CREATIVATE Embroidery Catalogue, which features over 10,000 designs, in case you cannot find what you need among the 730 preloaded designs. When signed in to your personal Wi-Fi and your CREATIVATE subscription, you can search in the CREATIVATE Catalogue on the large capacitive touch screen and directly download endless designs, like the ones I’m using for the runners I am making for this post. PFAFF creative expression 750 with CREATIVATE Embroidery Catalogue open and searching for pumpkin designs. Choosing and preparing designs for a reversible holiday runner My plan is to find two endless designs, one fall-themed and one Christmas-themed, and create a reversible holiday runner on the same cream linen-like fabric. The CREATIVATE Catalogue has over 10,000 embroidery designs and more in Crafting, and most could be used as an endless design. I often search in the evening for what I’m looking for and save it to my CREATIVATE Vault or as a favorite in my CREATIVATE Catalogue. The next day, I can find it faster either in my CREATIVATE Vault or software or on the PFAFF creative expressions 750 Sewing and Embroidery machine. I located a pumpkin and vine, Endless Outline Pumpkin design (100445020), for the fall side of the reversible runner and a Holly and Berry Applique design named Yarn Couching Christmas Border (#200278026). Embroidering the fall side — endless pumpkins and vines With true resize in the CREATIVATE software I made the Pumpkin Outline Design the same size as the Holly and Berry Applique. I also noted the beginning and ending stitch number of each pumpkin within the design, as I’ll position fused orange fabric under the needle to create a raw-edge applique. I used HeatnBond Lite, fused to the back of the orange fabric, to prevent the raw edge from fraying. When I stitched the Pumpkin Endless Design, I mirrored every design, so I have pumpkins on each side of the vine. An outline design with true resize can be made any size without distortion, as there are NO fill stitches to distort. In the software, I could just insert a color change before each pumpkin to help do this. The PFAFF creative Grand Endless Hoop, is an optional Hoop. PFAFF creative expression 750 Sewing and Embroidery Machine with the PFAFF creative Grand Endless Hoop (attached embroidering the Endless Pumpkin design after stitching the raw edge appliqued pumpkins. Embroidering the Christmas side — holly & berry applique For the reverse side of the runner, featuring the Christmas theme, I embroidered the holly and berry applique design, named Yarn Couching Christmas Border (#200278026). I brought it into the software and under the Applique tab found the SVG file for cutting the fusible appliques on the SINGER MOMENTO 24” Digital Cutting Machine. I used HeatnBond Lite to fuse and bond it to the back of the fabric before cutting out the appliques. There were five in total; some were multiple leaves joined together. The PFAFF creative expression 750 embroidering 1 repeat of the Holl and Berry Applique endless design in the PFAFF creative Elite Hoop (260X200) included with the machine. While this is an endless design, I chose to stitch it out in the PFAFF creative Elite Hoop (260X 200) included with the PFAFF creative expression 750, so I can easily iron my fusible appliques with my regular iron. Any hoop can be used to do an endless design if it is big enough. You can either remove the yarn couching color step in the CREATIVATE software or just skip that color on the machine. After doing 6 repeats on each runner piece, I added 5 inches to each end of the runners (3” space and 2” for fringe). I put the right sides of the runners together and sewed a ¼” seam down each side. I flipped the tube, right sides out, pressed the runner and topstitched down both sides through all the layers. The improved piercing power of the PFAFF creative expression 750 made this a breeze! Then I evened out the ends, stitching at the 2” mark, and then frayed the ends to finish the reversible runner. My runner ended up being 15” x 67”, including 2” fringe at each end. My fabric tends to fray a lot, so I serged the seam before turning it right-side-out. The finished 15” x 67” reversible holiday runner with embroidered applique pumpkins (and vines) on one side, and appliqued holly leaves and berries on the other side. These two examples are just the tip of the iceberg, showcasing the PFAFF creative expression 750 Sewing and Embroidery Machine’s capabilities. Join me tomorrow, as I’m making charger plate-style placemats also reversible in coordinating fabric, colors, and holiday themes to match this holiday runner. PFAFF creative expression 750 Sewing and Embroidery Machine This is part 4 of 5 in this series Go back to part 3: Sewing more holiday cozies with the PFAFF creative expression 750 Print this page or save as a PDF 0qs597applique embroideryChristmas sewingCREATIVATE softwareendless embroideryfall home decorholiday embroiderymachine embroidery tutorialPFAFF creative expression 750reversible runnerSinger Momento FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinRedditWhatsappTelegramEmail Margaret Sweete Margaret Sweete has been working as a SVP Canada Freelance Educator representing SINGER®, HUSQVARNA® VIKING® & PFAFF® since 2007. Her creative passion started at the age of 10 utilizing her mom’s SINGER® sewing machine creating garments and quilting. Over the years, her interests expanded to include garment sewing, quilting and embroidery for personal use. This passion subsequently led her to learning more about the expanding sewing industry including new software and hardware technologies. Whenever Margaret travels, she seeks out classes, stores, textile museums and other inspirations to enrich her knowledge of fabric and sewing techniques for hand and machine use. This solid sewing comprehension was a natural fit for Margaret to become an Educator to share her extensive knowledge with others who have similar creative desires. She is passionate about sitting down with new hardware and software technologies and learning about their capabilities. Margaret is known for sharing her knowledge of this expanding sewing industry through exquisite and inspirational samples that show various techniques, sewing products and machines. Her classes will excite novice and veteran sewers and give them a solid basis to produce their own unique designs. She is able to take difficult concepts and help individuals be better able to utilize their own machines to their fullest potential. 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