Christmas Greyhound Dog in Festive Lights Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Worked up this greyhound last spring after a customer who breeds sighthounds wanted something for her whole litter of Christmas hoodies. The thing that makes greyhounds different to stitch is the silhouette, its all about that long narrow body and those impossibly thin legs. You dont fill them in heavy, ya let the shape do the work. So the density here is only 200, which is intentional. Lean satin fill on the body, lil bulb shapes strung along the lights strand in 7 colours total.

Built in the digitising software, 5 sizes ranging from 3.5 x 1.86 inches right up to 7.5 x 3.98 inches. Stitch count is lighter than it looks, 2,930 at the small end and 5,966 at the large end, because the design is mostly outline and low-density body fill. That actually makes it really forgiving on lighter fabrics like sweatshirt knit. Use a light cutaway stabiliser and youre sorted. Tear-away works too on a stable knit if ya prefer less bulk.

Drop it on a charcoal or slate-grey sweatshirt and those multicolour bulbs pop beautifully, red, green, yellow, blue against the dark background is exactly the christmas vibe without being overwhelming. Pair it with a simple text block underneath if you want to add the dog's name. Add to a cream canvas bag aswell for a really clean look.

Greyhound people are a lil obsessive about their breed (I mean that in the nicest way, theyve got fan clubs), this sells well as a gift for that crowd. Drop me a note if theres any problem with the file.