Cowgirl Dachshund Embroidery Design, Machine Embroidery Pattern, Instant Download

At 1,162 stitches per square inch on cotton twill test fabric this is one of the heavier dog designs I've put out. That density is intentional. The fur on a long-haired dachshund isnt flat, its got direction and wave, and the only way to get that in thread is tight directional satin columns that follow the actual coat, longer sweeping runs on the ears and flanks, shorter cross-hatched strokes around the muzzle and paws. I was suprised honestly the first time I pulled the hoop off, the fur texture read across the room.

She sits front-facing, this whole chunky little puppy body, not just a head portrait. Warm brown and rich chocolate satin builds the coat, the eyes carry orange-amber iris detail that gives em real personality. On her head: a wide-brim lavender cowgirl hat with a deep violet band and a cluster of fuchsia pink daisies, a white daisy, bright leaf-green foliage at the left brim. The bandana at the neck is lavender with white polka dots. Its a lot going on in one design but it balances, the palette stays in the warm-plus-violet family and nothing fights.

On stretchy jersey or knit, use cutaway stabiliser, the 1162-density fill wont behave with tearaway alone and it'll pucker around the bandana area. Canvas, denim twill, or thick woven cotton take a medium tearaway fine. Hoop firm. Those fur lines run close together and any shift mid-stitch shows in the finished piece, especially around the ear feathering. Pop water-soluble topping over fleece or terry before you hoop so the satin columns dont sink into the pile. Try a 75/11 needle on jersey, it punches cleaner through topping and keeps the underlay from dragging the fabric.

Skip hand-trimming jumps inside the floral cluster if you can, those small jumps sit risky near the daisy petal satin. The underlay on the hat brim runs as a tatami grid that locks the lavender fill before the top satin goes down. Centre the 5-inch size on a canvas shopper and the fuchsia daisy cluster reads clearly from a metre away. A customer sent me a photo last week of this on a 12-oz linen pouch, the chocolate fur and violet hat together looked genuinely handmade. Use a bobbin thread that matches your backing fabric and the back seam stays clean even at that stitch count.

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