Bee and Daisy Gnome Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Wider than its tall on the smaller sizes, which is a bit unusual and actually makes this one read really well on horizontal items like tea towels. The gnome is squat and round with a disproportionately large sunflower-yellow hat that curves over at the top and has orange drip details along the brim edge. Four big white daisies with orange centres fan out around him, two tucked behind and two coming in from the sides. A tiny bee floats just to his left with blue wings and a striped amber body.

15 colours and 14 colour changes, so this takes a lil more machine time than simpler designs. The daisy petals are stitched in dense white satin columns with directional fill, which is what gives them that slight relief effect against the background. That tall curved hat is a proper sunflower shade, not a pastel, and professional tools used tight underlay stitching to keep the colour saturated across the curved sections. At the largest 7.51-inch wide size its 45,300 stitches, so dont rush the hooping.

One customer ordered a set of these for spring market tote bags earlier this year, the 3.51-inch size. She was selling homemade honey at a local farmers market and wanted something that tied into the bee theme without being too on-the-nose. Said the gnome and the lil bee read perfectly from two feet away on the cream canvas bags. That was a nice one to hear about.

Use cream, natural, or pale sage cotton and linen as your ground. Skip white fabric as the white flowers disappear against it. Dont compromise on stabiliser here, the petal fills are dense and theyll pull on lighter backings. Add a topping of water-soluble film on jersey or knit fabrics to stop the satin sections sinking, its one extra step but worth it. Send me a photo when its done, genuinely love seeing these on actual fabric.