My favourite kind of christmas design is one that doesnt scream the holidays at you but still reads festive immediately. This deer does that. Its a front-facing deer head with tall antlers, and tucked into the branches of those antlers you've got a bunch of holly sprigs with bright red berries. Clean and refined.
Six colours altogether and nine sizes across the range, running from a compact 3.5 inches at the small end 7.5-in span wide at the largest. The deer face itself has that layered shading that gives depth, lighter cream tones around the muzzle and inner ears, darker browns on the outer face and antler sections. Proper directional stitching on the main fills. The holly leaves are done with a dense satin column so they sit up nicely.
A customer wrote me last christmas to say she stitched it on a set of linen napkins for a dinner party and got more compliments on the table setting than the food. Thats the kind of review I love. Its a design that works in non-obvious places aswell as the obvious ones.
Use a medium-weight cutaway stabiliser, especially on the larger sizes. Stitch count at the 7.5 design is around 38k so give it a good hoop and run the machine slowly. Works beautifully on cream, ivory, navy, forest green and burgundy fabrics. Skip very pale grey at the smaller sizes since the lighter deer tones can blend.
Ping me if you run into anything unexpected with the file and I'll sort it out for you.
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.
- Christmas dinner table linen napkinsA 5 inch placement on a cream linen napkin gives a dinner table a refined festive look without being overly kitsch.
- Festive holiday throw pillow coversOn a natural or ivory throw pillow cover the deer head works as proper seasonal home decor that looks intentional.
- Deer-themed Christmas gift wrapping pouchesStitched on a small cotton drawstring pouch it becomes elegant gift wrap that the recipient will want to keep.
- Seasonal tote bags for holiday marketsOn a plain canvas tote it has enough visual interest to work as a standalone design for holiday market shopping.
- Christmas sweatshirts and hoodiesCentred on the chest of a forest green sweatshirt it reads as a quality boutique piece rather than a generic christmas top.
- Winter wall art hoop displaysHooped on the 7-inch hoop on linen it makes a display piece that works on the wall through all of winter.
Dimensions
5 sizes included. Stitch counts shown for the largest colorway.
| Size (in) | Stitches |
|---|---|
| 3.50 × 3.01 in | 16,468 |
| 4.50 × 3.86 in | 21,402 |
| 5.50 × 4.72 in | 26,776 |
| 6.50 × 5.57 in | 32,375 |
| 7.50 × 6.43 in | 38,532 |
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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Reyazul Masud Riham, hand-drawing every design on this site
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