Evil Pumpkin Face Embroidery Design, Halloween, Instant Download

Pulled this pumpkin away from the typical orange filled cartoon look. Its drawn as a single-colour linework piece, very much like an old botanical engraving, with fine stippling on the pumpkin body and detailed hatching to show the depth and curvature of the surface. The face is proper menacing, sharp angular eyes with heavy brows pulled down and a wide mouth full of jagged pointed teeth. The stem curls upward with a tight spiral at the top, and surrounding the whole pumpkin are vines and lobed leaves that sprawl outward, giving it this overgrown garden feel.

Single colour means no thread changes at all, just one run from start to finish. The density is 626 which gives the linework nice definition, and at the largest 7.5 inch size youre looking at 34,719 stitches. Tape a cutaway behind your fabric for the larger sizes because the vine sections extend pretty far and can shift without backing. The 3.5 inch version comes in at about 15,590 stitches and its alot quicker. Works especially well on white, cream or pale linen where the single dark thread really stands out.

I designed this specifically for people who wanted a halloween pumpkin that doesnt look like a kids drawing. People kept asking me for something darker and more illustrative so thats what I went with. My customers who do fall home decor towels and kitchen linens buy this one alot because the botanical style fits with that aesthetic. Stitch on natural linen or cream canvas and the whole thing looks like it could belong in a Victorian Halloween illustration.

Use a medium tearaway for smaller sizes on cotton. Run a layer of mesh stabiliser on terry cloth or waffle fabric. Slow your machine on the fine vine sections to keep the satin detail crisp.