You can make an ice skate ornament similar to the one I created that made the cover of the \Designs in Machine Embroidery Magazine. 

Just purchase Applique Skate from Ann the Gran and use the technique below.

Applique designs with satin-stitched edges are ideal for creating freestanding ornaments. Fusible GlitterFlex vinyl (GFV), one of the industry’s latest trends, adds a whole other dimension to applique embroidery. I get mine from SewInspiredByBonnie.com.

The product is sheer and strong and can be embroidered just like fabric. It easily tears away from applique tack-down stitches, fuses permanently on a cotton heat setting, and is machine washable. Maybe best of all, there is no shedding of the glitter so you get sparkle and shine with standard threads and no mess.

Freestanding Applique Technique

Load the design on your machine. Hoop a layer of fabric-type water-soluble stabilizer (WSS). Apply temporary adhesive to the back of a piece of cotton fabric and finger-press it onto the stabilizer. This becomes the base to which you will fuse the GFV for the skate blades. All applique pieces will stitch on this base fabric.

Load the same color of thread in the bobbin for each of the applique pieces. If you want your ornament to be double-sided, just add the same layers on the back as you do on the front, trimming after every tack-down stitch. Otherwise, just stitch appliques on one side.

Use faux leather for the boots, black vinyl for the heels and soles, and GFV for the blades. Fuse the GFV according to manufacturer’s instructions.