Bee Gnome Honey Dipper Embroidery Design, Instant Download

The gnome is squat and wide, that classic chunky silhouette where the pointy toque takes up almost as much height as the body does. Golden yellow satin fill covers it, tiny heart shapes scattered across the surface, orange shadow stitching on the sides. He holds a honey dipper in his right hand, brown handle with an amber drip at the tip. His white beard comes down in this big fluffy mass with little black dash marks giving it texture. Two cartoon bumblebees float on either side with small heart-shaped flight trails underneath each one.

Six colours going down in this order: orange, brown, yellow, light tan, white, then black for the outlines and beard detail. Thats 6 colour changes mid-run and 113 trims on the 4-inch up to 143 on the 7-inch. So this one takes a bit longer to stitch than a simple design, but its worth it because the flat-satin bee wings and those thick satin columns on the body come out really sharp. Stitch count runs from 17,709 stitches at 4 inches all the way to 35,093 at 7 inches.

I been digitising gnome designs for a while now and the bee version is honestly one of the more requested themes I see. Last month a customer messaged saying she was stitchin a whole spring tote bag collection for a farmers market stall and this was the centrepiece design on the largest bag. She said it drew more comments than anything else on her table. Send a quick chat if youre having trouble with any of the colour stops and ill walk through it with you.

Use a firm cutaway stabiliser behind woven cotton or canvas because theres a lot of dense satin in there and it needs a solid base. Hoop tight. Skip stretchy knits because that much fill and detail doesnt sit well on jersey. Pop it on a cream tote, a yellow tea towel or a white spring tee and the golden colour really sings against light fabric.