Bee and Hedgehog Gnome Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Its the hedgehog that makes this one. The gnome is charming enough on his own, tall chartreuse-green hat with white polka dots, large daisy tucked at the brim, little bee hovering nearby doing its thing. But then theres this round lil hedgehog sitting right at his feet staring up at him, like theyve been friends a long time and the hedgehog is just waiting to go somewhere. Every person who sees this design mentions the hedgehog first.

17 colours and you can feel where the time went. The hedgehog spines are individually stitched in short directional satin columns, which is what gives them that actual texture rather than a flat brown blob. The bee wings are done in aqua blue which contrasts well against the warm amber body. professional digitising software ran the green hat fill with a criss-cross underlay first so the colour is properly saturated and doesnt thin out on the curved sections.

A customer sent me a message last april saying she couldnt decide between this one and the bee-daisy version so she just bought both for matching kitchen towels. She used the 5-in detail on cream linen, said the hedgehog detail was clearer than she expected at that size. The 8.51-inch maximum width is bigger than most gnome designs in this range, so check your hoop clearance before you set up.

Stitch this on light sage, cream, or natural linen for best results. Im particularly keen on how that chartreuse colour reads against natural unbleached canvas. Avoid dark backgrounds since they swallow that little animal entirely. Use firm cutaway stabiliser throughout, dont compromise on that with 65,716 stitches at the biggest size. Slow the machine down on the hedgehog spine section and youll get clean columns every time.