Christmas Reindeer Wreath Embroidery Design, Instant Download

The reindeer here is proper and dignified looking, head-on portrait style, antlers rising straight up out of the top of the wreath ring. The face has that realistic deer quality, brown and tan with the darker muzzle, and theres a small white heart shape on the nose tip which is a kinda sweet touch. The wreath circling it is fully packed. Holly with glossy green satin leaves and red berry clusters. Yellow five-point stars scattered around the upper arc. Teal ribbon tails curl out from the lower left and right. Red bows with proper bow centres and trailing ends. Yellow round baubles tucked in between the holly along the bottom. Its very dense and thats what makes it premium.

13 colours. That sounds like alot and it is, but my workhorse software organised the colour changes in a logical order so youre not jumping all over the palette. The reindeer head uses directional tatami stitching so the fur reads with depth. Satin fill on the star points. Dense holly leaf fills with directional stitching to show the leaf mid-rib. 5 sizes running from 3.07 to 6.57 inches. Stitch counts go from around 20k up to nearly 42k on the largest. Thats a good chunky project for anyone who likes seeing a machine work hard.

Wreath-maker customers order this one for their december workshops because they do actual wreath-making but also machine embroidery on the side, and they put this on cream linen tea towels and tote bags as their seasonal range. One customer told me she sold twelve of em at her wreathmaking workshop as gift products alongside the actual wreaths. I thought that was a clever bit of merchandisin honestly.

Use on cream, oatmeal or soft white fabric for the traditional look. The dense wreath really works on linen because the fabric texture adds to the organic feel, its almost like the weave becomes part of the design. Skip stretchy jersey on the bigger sizes, 42k stitches on stretch needs careful cutaway backing. Pop at smaller 3.5 on a tea towel corner for a repeatable christmas kitchen set. Pair two corners for a full matched set.

Cutaway stabiliser is the call for anything larger than 4 inches given the density. Keep your needle sharp because at this stitch count dull needles cause skips in the tatami sections on the deer head. Finish edges with a light press on a towel to settle the stitching flat.