Christmas Candy Swirl Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Pulled together a big round cluster of sweets for this one, the kind of piled-up candy arrangement that looks like someone tipped a sweets jar onto the fabric. Two large lollipops anchor the composition, one done in red and white radial swirl fills, the other in green and white, both on straight sticks with a satin disc at the top. The swirl inside each lollipop is a proper radiating fill run, not just a flat circle, so it reads as a proper swirl once stitched and doesnt disappoint.

Tucked in between are two smaller candy canes, red stripes on white, and a handful of wrapped boiled sweets with twist-end shapes in matching crimson and pine satin. 3 red ribbon bows are scattered through the cluster, small layered satin shapes that give the whole arrangement some structure. Around the outside, little 4-pointed starburst accents in both colours and small snowflake outlines float in the negative space to fill the circular boundary without crowding it.

Four colours total but blimey the stitch counts heavy. Up to 47,053 at the large 7.51 by 7.51 inch size, density at 834 per inch, so use a proper medium-weight cutaway stabiliser and dont rush the machine speed. Smallest is 3.51 by 3.51 inches at around 21k stitches. A customer last December stitched the large version on a navy drill jacket and said it looked like a proper vintage candy tin, which is exactly the vibe I was going for.

Brilliant on thick cotton drill, canvas totes, denim and sweatshirt fleece. Skip sheer or lightweight fabrics, theyll pull under the density. Float a topping layer on any textured surface with pile. Hoop tight and run the machine at 70 to 80 percent on the first pass. Use a 75/11 sharp needle for the dense swirl fill areas, it keeps the thread tension clean through the radial runs. Message if a colour run drops out and ill get a replacement sorted.