Butterfly Wing Gnome Embroidery Design, Instant Download

10 colours in this build, and the gnome has giant butterfly wings spreading out behind him, the wings are as wide as the whole design and have proper detailed pattern work inside them, like vein lines and colour panels in lavender, coral, and teal. The gnome body is the classic round shape, pointy hat in sage green, cream body, little peach face peeking out under the hat brim. Its a big design, 4.82 inches at the smallest and the full 7.44 inch wide version going up to 8.5 inches tall. Real presence on fabric.

industry tools drove the digitising and the stitch count reflects how much is going on, starting at 47,714 stitches at the small end and climbing to 83,001 at the largest. Density sits at 1312 which is high, thats the wings mostly, they need that density to hold the fine vein lines without gaps. Press a thick backer on all fabric types for this one, the sheer stitch volume means even wovens need proper backing or youll get movement mid-stitch. Ten colour changes total, dont rush it.

My customer last spring asked for something whimsical for a fairy garden themed nursery. She stitched the 7.44 inch version on a natural linen panel and framed it, honestly one of the nicest things Ive seen come out of my designs. These gnome-plus-fantasy combinations have been popular for a couple years now and the butterfly wing version is one of my better pieces in the whimsical category.

Best on plain fabric backgrounds, cream, white, sage or soft lavender all let the 10 colours breathe properly. Skip dark backgrounds because youll lose detail in the wing patterning. Stitch at a slower machine speed on the dense wing sections, rushing causes thread breaks around colour change areas.

Four sizes, 10 colour swaps, takes time but the result is worth every minute of it.