Festive Christmas Candy Embroidery Design, Instant Download

These are those big fat lollipop shapes, three of them arranged in a loose cluster with their sticks pointing down, the kind of giant swirl candy you see in old-fashioned sweet shops. Each one is a pinwheel pattern, red, yellow and green sections rotating around the center, with a heavy black outline giving them that almost poster-print graphic quality. Two candy canes cross in front, yellow-stripe bodies with red bows at the intersection point. Green star-shaped accents fill the negative space between the candy shapes. Its a proper heap of festive sweets and it reads clearly even at the smallest size.

At the 3.48 inch size thats 31,389 stitches, so even the mini version is fairly dense. The largest runs to 69,927 stitches at 7.45 x 7.51 inches, thats an 80-90 minute run at full speed on most machines. The pinwheel fill sections have directional satin stitching that rotates with the swirl, which is what makes the design look polished rather than flat. Lay firm cutaway underneath everything, a stable base is essential here, and use a medium stabiliser weight on top of that for fleece. The 4-stop color sequence is straightforward: green first, then red, then yellow, then the black outline last.

My kids wanted matching christmas pyjamas last year and I used the 4-inch size on the front of their tops. Red pyjamas, bright candy cluster on the chest, looked fantastic for christmas morning photos. The design holds up fine through washing, no issues with the dense fill sections after multiple runs through the machine. Stitch onto red or white base fabrics for the best contrast, the yellow reads best against white and the red really pops on white or green base fabrics.

Also great on stockings, party tote bags, kids' aprons, and gift bags. Hoop polymesh underneath any stretch fabric so the dense pinwheel fill areas dont pucker or shift during the run.