Cute Christmas Ghost Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Its a ghost that couldnt let halloween go but decided to try christmas anyway. Round white body, soft pink-lavender shading along the skirt hem at the bottom, two wide black eyes and a little open mouth that looks genuinely excited to be here. Red santa hat with a white pom on top and a sprig of green holly at the brim. One arm out front holding a tiny decorated christmas tree with red and green baubles. And then theres a strand of fairy lights that loops all the way around the body, with little round bulbs in red, yellow, green, and blue dotted along the strand.

Scattered around the ghost are 6-pointed gold stars and little round gold dot confetti pieces. Thats what pushes the stitch count up to 56,676 on the biggest size because every star and dot is individually filled. Seven colours including the multicolour light bulbs, and the white form itself uses density shading to create that rounded dimensional look without needing actual gradient thread. The shading is stitched in parallel fill rows at different densities so the body reads as white in the centre and slightly lavender at the edges.

I get a lot of orders from people who are into the spooky-christmas crossover aesthetic that keeps growing every year. A kids party planner I know uses it on goodie bag wrapping fabric and her clients kids go absolutely wild for the design. Pop it on a white or pale fabric so the pale body reads, dont put it on dark.

Stitch on pale cotton, cream fleece, or light grey jersey. The ghost body fill needs a mesh cutaway stabiliser underneath for stability, the density is significant. Skip topping on smooth cotton but do use a water-soluble topping on terry cloth or fleece to keep the star fills crisp. Work at moderate machine speed on the light strand section, theres alot of colour-switch jumps in there.

Hoop it snug, the gold star confetti around the edges is whats most likely to shift if the fabric moves in the hoop. If the star shapes stitch small and pointy rather than round, your machine tension probably needs backing off a touch on the bobbin.