Dabbing Astronaut Vampire Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Set up as a full character illustration, its an astronaut in a proper space suit doing the dab pose, one arm up across the face, one arm out to the side. The suit is white and light grey with panelling detail, boots, gloves and a belt buckle. The visor on the helmet is filled with a purple-blue gradient and you can see a little face looking out. Sticking out the top of the helmet are two short red devil horns. Behind the figure, a long red vampire cape fans out dramatically to one side.

The astronaut holds a jack-o-lantern pumpkin in one hand, orange with carved triangular eyes and a jagged smile. A small black bat flies up to the left, wings spread. The ground shadow under the boots is a soft purple oval. 12 colours in this design which means a good number of thread swaps, but each colour block is distinct so its easy to follow. Stitch counts run from 18k at the 3.4 inch size up to 47.8k at the 7.2 inch version, this is one of the denser designs in the halloween range.

She sent me a message after stitching the 5-in build on a black sweatshirt last halloween, said the cape came out brighter than expected, in a good way. Tape a firm cutaway behind on sweatshirts and thick cotton because the density demands solid backing, tearaway wont hold it. On lighter cotton t-shirts you can get away with a heavy tearaway but add a topping layer to help the thread coverage on the textured weave. The visor gradient section needs slow steady stitching, dont rush that section or the thread packs unevenly.

Best on dark fabric, black, navy, charcoal or dark burgundy. The white suit pops against those and that vampire cape reads really well. Also looks good on orange cotton for a straight halloween-coloured base. Pick your 12 colours before you start and lay them out in order so the swaps go smooth.