Colorful Elephant Family Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Heres the elephant family in full patchwork glory. Big mum elephant on the back, lil calf tucked beside her front leg, both walking the same direction. The whole illustration uses bold black outlines and chunky color blocks, like a picture book illustration someone scaled up for embroidery.

Body panels are where it really earns its keep. Mums ear is split into a sage green section and a coral one. Her back has mustard yellow swirls. The calfs trunk is pink, his belly is teal, his ear is deep navy. And the geometric patches alternate dots, stripes and little leaf shapes so nothing reads flat. Seven thread colours total, switching alot between pinks, mustards, sage and navy.

The outlines run as black satin column with proper directional underlay so the curves stay crisp even on the smallest size at 3.5 inches. Density runs around 904 spi count meaning is moderate. But on the 7.5 in jumbo size you hit 41k stitches so plan ya hooping accordingly.

I get messages from nursery shop owners about this one alot. One mum ordered the 6-inch version for her sons quilt last month and sent photos. The patchwork blocks made the elephants look like theyd jumped out of a storybook. So if youre stitching baby blankets, kids tees or playroom wall hoops this design just delivers warmth.

Stitch on cream linen, pale grey jersey or oat-coloured cotton for cleanest read. Skip very dark fabric because the navy and brown blocks lose definition. Hoop with medium cutaway stabiliser on woven cotton, fusible cutaway on knits. Hit the support tab if your stitchout puckers during the run.