Elegant Halloween Gnome with Pumpkins Embroidery Design, Instant Download

The gnome has that classic squat-and-tall silhouette where the hat takes up almost half the height. But the hat here gets stacked with miniature carved pumpkins and trailing vines that spill down the sides. To the gnomes left, a tower of 3 carved pumpkins with different face expressions reaches nearly as tall as the figure itself. To the right, another stack. Black silhouette bats scatter across the upper background like theyre just passing through. Six colours: burnt orange, warm tan, mid grey, black, deep brown, and a cream for the nose dot.

Four sizes, running from 3.87" wide up to 6.47" wide, heights from 4.5" to 7.5" tall. Stitch counts are substantial: 20,053 at the smallest and 35,413 at the 6.47-inch size. Density is 730. Thats the highest Ive run in this series and its what lets the pumpkin skin texture actually look textured rather than flat orange fill. Multiple underlay layers in the satin stops the stitching from puckering at that thread density, which is something Wilcom handles better than most software for 6-colour dense work.

Hoop a heavy cutaway under any fabric, not a medium. At density 730 youll need the real backing support or the outer pumpkin outlines start to walk on the bobbin side. Use two cutaway layers on fleece or knit. Pick a medium brown or oatmeal base fabric and the burnt orange reads beautifully against it. Avoid bright white, the 6 colours need a warm base to land right.

A customer last autumn put the 6.47-inch version on a natural linen tote for a fall market stall and said she had to explain to a lil crowd of 3 people in a row that it was embroidery not a print. Thats always the best compliment honestly. Took some work to get that orange satin texture looking right but it was worth it.