{"product_id":"christmas-gnome-bow-staff","title":"Christmas Gnome with Bow and Staff Embroidery Design, Instant Download","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe gnome stands dead centre, short and round the way gnomes always are, with this tall pointed green hat that takes up half his body height. Theres a big fluffy white pom-pom right at the tip, and right where the hat meets his face theres a chunky red bow sitting like a present decoration. Proper statement bow, not a little accent one. The beard is massive and done with directional stitching so it actually reads like fluffy white fur, not just a flat satin fill. His little peach nose pokes out just above the beard line. Body is a pink and white candy-stripe pattern and hes holding a wooden staff in one hand, leaning on it slightly. Black boots at the bottom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIts a 10 colour design with 5 sizes, the largest hitting 7.51 inches tall and coming in just under 53,000 stitches. Densest areas are the beard and hat where all the texture stitching stacks up. Hoop with a good cutaway stabiliser under any mid-weight fabric, the beard especially needs solid backing to keep the fill clean and the directional rows tight. I digitised this in my standard software so the underlay layers are already handled, you dont need to add extra yourself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI sold a bunch of these to people making christmas stockings and holiday tote bags. The gnome reads really well at 5 inches on a tea towel or apron, and the larger 7.5 inch version stitches up great on a fleece blanket or sweatshirt back. And the bow colour matches well with standard christmas red thread so theres no tricky thread-matching needed on most machines. Pop a topping sheet over the beard section when hooping fleece to stop the loops catching in the satin stitching.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse a tearaway for lighter cotton fabrics like quilting cotton or muslin, swap to cutaway for anything with stretch. If your machine shows the red bow looking a bit flat, try slowing the speed down 10 percent for the satin columns, it helps the thread settle better.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Re Embroidery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46264504287382,"sku":null,"price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0699\/6262\/9270\/files\/ChristmasGnomewithBowandStaffEmbroideryDesign.png?v=1772089180","url":"https:\/\/reembroidery.com\/products\/christmas-gnome-bow-staff","provider":"Re Embroidery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}