Flying Bats Botanical Embroidery Design, Halloween Pattern

5 sizes, single colour, and its one of those bat designs that doesnt feel like a halloween prop on a cream linen tote. The bats are mid-flight, wings spread at different angles, theyre mixed in with botanical branch work, leaves and trailing stems weaving between them. Its not a tightly packed scene, more of an open scatter that sits naturally on fabric. The whole composition runs wider than tall, so it works on a sleeve, across a bag front, or as a horizontal chest placement on a long-sleeve tee.

Stitch counts go from 8353 at the 3.5-inch wide size up to 18942 on the 7.5-inch version. Heights range narrower, from 2.37 to 5.09 inches. Density is 496, medium weight, enough for clean satin bat wing edges without loading the fabric too heavily. Wilcom set the underlay under the botanical stem sections to keep those thin lines from tunnelling at the smaller sizes. No colour changes means you dont have to stop and re-thread mid-run.

Last october a customer emailed me asking if this'd work on a cream velvet pouch for halloween gift wrapping. I said yes but lay wash-away film over the velvet. She came back saying the botanical lines held perfectly and the bat silhouettes sat clean against the pile. So dont rule out velvet, just add that topping. Canvas tote bags in black or rust thread are where I see this one going most often though.

Back it with a firm cutaway stabiliser on any knit or stretch fabric. On stable wovens like canvas or cotton twill a medium tearaway is usually enough. Avoid hooping thin chiffon without a backing layer. Pair it with a matching hem design or sleeve cuff stitch for a set look on sweatshirts.