Day of the Dead Woman Roses Embroidery Design, Sugar Skull Mexican Folk Pattern, Instant Download

Drew up this day of the dead woman last november for a customer who wanted somethin proper for her grandmas altar. The face paint is a sugar skull pattern in soft red, red swirls around the eye sockets, red dots across the cheekbones, red curl lines down the nose. Her long grey hair flows down past her bare shoulders, one orange teardrop earring catches the light, and big bold red roses bloom around her head and shoulders with rich emerald green leaves.

The whole piece reads as a celebration not a scare. Eight thread colours pull it together, peach skin tone, ivory white skull base, fire engine red roses, dove grey hair with darker slate shading underneath, deep green leaves with brighter accent highlights, plus one bright orange earring. The painted markings stay delicate with fine line work, the roses go bold and flat in classic mexican folk art style.

Best on cotton, linen, twill, canvas, or denim. Cream, oatmeal, sage, navy, charcoal grey, and black all hold the palette nicely. Black makes those fire engine reds sing the loudest but cream lets the skull markings shine the most, depends what you want to lead with. Skip busy patterned fabric, the fine detail wants a calm field to read on, dont overthink it.

Five sizes from 2.27 inches wide for a chest pocket up to 4.87 wide and 7.5 tall for a back panel or tote piece. Stitches range from 20k to 53k, the largest takes around 25 minutes through the machine on standard speed. Use midweight cutaway, the red rose fill sections pull the hoop a noticeable amount, dont skimp on backing or the roses warp her face.

My customer who ordered the original ended up sewin it on a black linen rebozo style wrap for her november 1st altar setup. She sent me a photo, looked stunnin under the candlelight, the red roses basically glowed.