Second variation of the dancing skeleton trio for christmas, three bony characters posed across, each wearing a red santa cap and red boots. Left skeleton is going full upside-down handstand with both legs in the air, the middle one mid-kick like its doing the cancan, the right one bowing forward with arms thrown up. Same scribble-style outline as the original trio, just with a totally different arrangement. The poses read more party than the first set, like theyve been at the mulled wine.
Two colour stops, black bone outline plus the red cap-and-boot pop. Smallest 2.07 inch size runs 6,472 stitches, biggest at 4.43 inch hits 13,807, density 415 across the range. I digitised this in my digitising suite with a directional satin underlay running through the cap shapes so the red doesnt distort when stitched on jersey or fleece. The bone outline uses light scribble fill which keeps the count reasonable for the size.
One customer ordered six copies last christmas. She was running a craft fair booth, did matching black tea towels with the trio across the centre of each, said they were her fastest sellers by far, customers grabbed em as gag gifts for friends. She just used standard tearaway under the cotton tea towel and the trio held up fine.
Best on black, deep charcoal, forest green or burgundy where bone outline reads sharply. Skip light cream cause the scribble fill barely registers on pale ground. Hoop medium cutaway under stretchy fabrics, drop topping on heavy fleece or terry. Run the 2.07 small size on a beanie front or a stocking heel, the 4.43 fits a 5x7 hoop nicely centred on a sweatshirt chest or tote bag panel.
What people are using this design for
A starting point. The design works for plenty more than just this list, this is what folks have stitched it onto most.
- black or burgundy sweatshirt centred chest designStitch the 4-inch trio on a black sweatshirt with medium cutaway plus poly mesh topping for fleece
- Christmas tea towels for gag-gift craft fair setsRun the 4.43 inch size on cotton tea towels with tearaway for craft fair gag-gift sets
- matching black pyjama tops for goth holiday familyPop the chest-size 3.5 centred on matching black pyjama tops, light cutaway under the jersey knit
- tote bag for the alt-Christmas crowdEmbroider the largest 4.43 inch size on a charcoal tote, looks great as alt-holiday market shopper
- throw pillow for couch holiday decorDrop the 4-inch size onto a 14-inch black pillow, heavyweight cutaway keeps the bones flat under satin
- stocking front panel embroidered designHoop the 3-inch size on a felt stocking front, tearaway under the felt keeps the design sharp
- denim jacket back panel statement patchPick the 4.43 inch run for a denim jacket back yoke, heavyweight cutaway and the scribble lands on indigo
- kitchen apron front pocket holiday designAdd the 2.07 inch smallest size on an apron front pocket, light tearaway under cotton twill works fine
Dimensions
5 sizes included. Stitch counts shown for the largest colorway.
| Size (in) | Stitches |
|---|---|
| 2.07 × 3.51 in | 6,472 |
| 2.66 × 4.51 in | 8,101 |
| 3.25 × 5.51 in | 9,996 |
| 3.84 × 6.51 in | 11,781 |
| 4.43 × 7.51 in | 13,807 |
Files & Formats
Eight machine formats included in one zip. Whichever your machine reads, its in the pack.
Plus a color chart for thread matching. See full format guide.
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