Christmas Gnome with Lights Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Classic gnome with the oversized drooping hat, except this one got tangled up in the christmas lights and doesnt seem too bothered about it. The hat is the main event here, it takes up easily two thirds of the whole design. Its got thick diagonal stripes in crimson red and burnt orange alternating all the way up, with navy blue running lines across them like a woven textile pattern. The tip of the hat droops way down to one side with a little curl at the end.

The lights strand wraps around the gnome body in a loose navy cord with round bulbs dangling off it in teal, green, orange and powder blue. The bulbs are small satin fills, each one a slightly different colour so the strand looks like the proper mismatched set you actually dig out of the box each year. The gnomes body is barely visible because the hat and lights take up so much space, but you can see small sand-coloured cheeks below the hat rim and stubby round feet at the base in the same sandy tone.

Four sizes in the pack, the hoops cover 3.51 inches up to 6.51 inches wide. A customer asked for this last november and stitched the 4.51-inch on a cream cotton sweatshirt and the multicolour bulbs really came off well against the light background. Watch the navy lights cord section, its a running stitch path and your machine needs to hold tension through the tight turns or it can pucker slightly on knit fabric. Use cutaway stabiliser on jersey, tear-away on plain woven cotton.

Theres 10 colour stops and around 42k stitches at the largest size so plan for a decent run time. Hoop the fabric firm before you start and keep an eye on your bobbin under the bulb fills. Works best on white, cream, light grey or navy cotton. Dont hoop jersey without cutaway stabiliser, the underlay needs support on stretch fabrics. Text me if the download isnt working or the colour numbering confuses you and Ill send the sequence list directly.