Colorful Octopus Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Heres the octopus and hes all smiles. Round coral pink head, two big black eyes with white catchlight dots, lil curved smile underneath. Eight tentacles curling out from underneath in different rainbow colours, each one twisting a different way so the design fills its space without feeling stiff. Reads instantly as ocean fun for kids.

Each tentacle gets its own colour, mint, lemon, peach, lavender, sky blue, teal, and a soft coral matching the head. Seven colours total. I gave each tentacle a small gradient toward the tip so they dont read as flat blocks. Stitch counts run 10,132 at smallest size up to 29,602 at biggest. Density average sits at 610, comfortable middle ground.

I been shipping this to tide-pool gift shops along the oregon coast since last spring. Sent me back photos of the boys grinning in their new tees, honestly cracked me up. I get messages alot from preschool teachers aswell, they want it on canvas tote bags for ocean-week themed lessons.

Stitch on white cotton, pale blue jersey, cream waffle or sandy beige canvas for the brightest read. Skip dark navy or black, the rainbow tentacles still work but lose alot of pop and the lemon yellow especially gets dull. Skip patterned cloth, the bright tentacles need clean negative space round em.

Place cutaway under jersey kids tees, switch to tearaway on stable woven cotton totes. Hoop tight, run polyester thread for sheen on the tentacle fills. Pre-load enough thread on each colour spool, the tentacles cycle through all seven. Slow the machine on the small face details. Reply through the order email if anything stitches sideways.