Campfire Night Mountain Embroidery Design, Outdoor Machine Embroidery Pattern, Instant Download

Mocked up this campfire design for the outdoor and camping crowd who wanted something with a bit more going on than just a flame. At the bottom, three crossed logs sit in a star pattern with visible grain rings on each round end. A large flame rises up from the centre. And tucked into that flame, theres a whole mountain scene rendered in white negative space: two sharp peaks with snow lines, a row of pine trees along the treeline, a crescent moon in the upper dark area, and a scatter of small star dots. Its like a snow globe sitting in a campfire, which sounds odd but reads cleanly once stitched.

Everything runs in a single colour so theres zero thread changes mid-stitch. The logs carry parallel fill lines with a chunky outer satin border. The flame body uses directional tatami for the main mass and outline runs for the tongue-shaped tips. The mountain peaks use a clean zigzag fill that contrasts against the surrounding dark flame mass. Stitch count goes from 11,013 on the smallest up to 25,130 on the 7.51-inch version.

I get a lot of customers asking about this one in October for Christmas gifts. A customer used the medium size on a heavy cotton beanie last winter and stitched it front-centre so the flame sat just above the folded brim. She said her partner thought it was screen printed, not embroidered. Five sizes from 3.51 by 2.13 inches up to 7.51 by 4.54 inches, so it scales from a chest pocket hit up to a full hoodie back panel.

Hoop on a firm cutaway stabiliser for best results on fleece or sweatshirt fabric. Add a tearaway underneath for cotton canvas. Slow your machine at the treeline section where the fine pine silhouettes run, tight registration lets the white show through clearly. Run at standard speed on the log fills.

Best on dark fabrics where the single black thread reads as high contrast. Try army green, charcoal, navy or black fleece. Skip light fabrics, its built for deep grounds. Pair it on a chest left or centre back of a jacket, or run the small size as a camping patch on a canvas bag.