Colorful Jellyfish Embroidery Design, Instant Download

One customer ordered this for a kids ocean bedroom makeover, wanted it big on a throw pillow, and posted the result of the finished piece laid against a navy bedspread. The colours on this thing are something else. Pink dome, aqua teal tentacles, cobalt blue trailing down one side, purple, gold, the whole build uses 8 separate threads and 7 colour stops. It doesnt look like a simple sea creature design when its stitched up, it looks like something out of a natural history illustration, the kind you see framed in coastal home decor shops.

5 sizes, 2.31 inches wide up to 4.95 inches wide, heights run from 3.5 to a 7.5, so the shape is always taller than it is wide which suits the jellyfish form. Stitch range is 16,336 at the smallest up to 42,924 at the full size. Density is 1,156, which is high, that figure reflects how closely the tentacle fills are packed to give each one solid coverage without gaps between the colour sections. Pop a medium cutaway stabiliser under your fabric before hooping, this density level will tunnel on any fabric that hasnt got proper backing. A light tearaway wont hold it.

I like this one best on white or off-white cotton where all 8 colours read clearly. Dark fabric works too but the tentacle colours shift against a dark base, the gold in particular picks up a lot of depth against black cotton. Give it a topping on terry towel or any fabric with a raised pile, the tentacle detail will sink without it. Set your machine to a slower speed than usual on the first colour run, the dome satin sections are wide and the slower pass helps the needle seat cleanly before you build up the outline pass over it.