Apparatus for making decorations on at least one sheet-like medium, which comprises: - a support structure; - at least one work surface, substantially horizontal, fixed to said support structure and on which at least one sheet-like medium to be embroidered and cut is adapted to be positioned; - at least one embroidering head adapted to embroider at least one figure on a work area of said sheet-like medium, mounted on said support structure and actuatable to be moved with respect to said work surface by means of first movement means; - at least one laser cutting head, adapted to cut said at least one sheet-like medium along at least one border of said figure, mounted on said support structure and actuatable to be moved with respect to said work surface by means of second movement means; - at least one image acquisition device mounted on said support structure, directed towards said work surface, actuatable to be moved with respect to the latter by means of third movement means and configured for detecting the position of at least one marker applied on said sheet-like medium; - an electronic calibration unit connected to said image acquisition device and to said laser cutting head, and such electronic calibration unit is capable of actuating said second movement means in order to position said laser cutting head on said sheet-like medium; said apparatus being characterized in that said image acquisition device is configured for detecting the position of said at least one marker applied on said sheet-like medium in at least: - a first time instant, before the execution of the embroidery of said figure by said embroidering head, and - a second time instant, after the execution of the embroidery of said figure by said embroidering head; said electronic calibration unit being configured for comparing the positions of said at least one marker acquired in said first and second time instant (t1, t2), determining the position variation undergone by said at least one marker between said first and second time instants (t1, t2) with respect to a reference on said work surface; and being configured for driving said second movement means to move said laser cutting head, collimating it with the position of said figure embroidered by said embroidering head, obtained from said position variation of said at least one marker with respect to said reference. - a support structure; - at least one work surface, substantially horizontal, fixed to said support structure and on which at least one sheet-like medium to be embroidered and cut is adapted to be positioned; - at least one embroidering head adapted to embroider at least one figure on a work area of said sheet-like medium, mounted on said support structure and actuatable to be moved with respect to said work surface by means of first movement means; - at least one laser cutting head, adapted to cut said at least one sheet-like medium along at least one border of said figure, mounted on said support structure and actuatable to be moved with respect to said work surface by means of second movement means; - at least one image acquisition device mounted on said support structure, directed towards said work surface, actuatable to be moved with respect to the latter by means of third movement means and configured for detecting the position of at least one marker applied on said sheet-like medium; - an electronic calibration unit connected to said image acquisition device and to said laser cutting head, and such electronic calibration unit is capable of actuating said second movement means in order to position said laser cutting head on said sheet-like medium; said apparatus being characterized in that said image acquisition device is configured for detecting the position of said at least one marker applied on said sheet-like medium in at least: - a first time instant, before the execution of the embroidery of said figure by said embroidering head, and - a second time instant, after the execution of the embroidery of said figure by said embroidering head;