Bear Forest Silhouette Embroidery Design, Woodland Wildlife Pattern

Heres the grizzly bear with the forest silhouette built right into his chest, a 7.5 inch double-exposure piece that runs to about 82k stitches at full size. Big mood. The face up top reads as a properly digitised cream-and-black portrait with directional fur lines moving down through the muzzle, the forehead, the small rounded ears and along the cheekbone. Below the jaw the body dissolves into a row of pine trees, real pacific northwest woodland feel.

I drew the eyes with little cream catchlights so the bear actually looks at you on a finished piece. Three colours total, deep black, a warm off-white and a soft grey shadow that fills in the shorter pines at the back. The dense satin work sits on the bear face, the trees are open silhouette tatami, so the texture difference reads from across the room.

Last christmas a customer of mine ordered alot of these as cabin gift sets and the cream highlights popped beautifully on charcoal hoodies. Stitch this on navy, deep forest green, charcoal grey or raw oatmeal canvas for the cleanest contrast. Skip busy plaid shirts. The directional fur work needs a calm background to read clean.

Use a heavy cutaway stabiliser, especially anything over the 6 inch hoop where the density climbs hard. Hoop tight. Slow your machine on the satin passes and keep the bobbin fresh, the dark fill chews through thread faster than youd think. Polyester thread holds the colours through hot wash cycles better than rayon for outdoor wear.

Pop the smaller 4 inch size on backpack flaps for hiking groups or chest pockets on flannel shirts. The 7 inch lands best on a 16 inch reading cushion or the front panel of a sturdy waxed canvas tote bag. If your hoop wont fit the biggest size just ping me, ill point ya at the size that fits clean.