Im a sucker for a busy silhouette and this flying witch is packed. Black thread, 5 sizes, 3.51 inch up. Shes lifting off on her broomstick top-left and the whole bottom half is a halloween yard sale of stuff: a grinning jack-o-lantern, BOO lettering in chunky horror font, a cobweb stretched across the back, three or four bats flapping outward, a tiny spider on a thread, plus a witch hat tucked at the base. The line work goes from heavy satin on her cloak and broom down to barely-there fine outline on the cobweb strands. Thats the trick with a single-needle design like this, the contrast has to do all the work.
One colour, black thread only. No colour changes, no rethreading, the machine just chews through it. Stitch count runs 8,949 at the smallest 3.51-inch up to 22,596 at the full 7.5-inch. Density sits around 413 which is moderate, the satin fills on the witch silhouette are dense enough to read on a dark cotton tee without gaps but the web and bat lines are loose enough they dont turn into a black blob. I digitised the whole thing in Wilcom EmbroideryStudio with directional underlay on the broom and cloak so the threads lay flat. And thats the part most cheap halloween silhouettes get wrong, the broomstick reads like a smudge if the underlay is sloppy.
One customer messaged me late september wanting it on a kids hoodie for a school halloween parade. She went with the 5-inch on the back panel, black thread on burnt-orange fleece, and said her son got asked alot at pickup where she bought the hoodie. Use a medium cutaway stabiliser if youre running it on knits, the loose cobweb stitches will pull the fabric out of shape without it.
Best on light cotton, canvas, denim, or felt where black thread pops. Avoid white-on-black inversion if you can, the fine web lines wont read. Skip stretchy jersey unless you hoop with a topping film aswell. Pop the smallest 3.51-inch on a kitchen towel for halloween decor. Stitch the 7-inch on a tote bag back for trick-or-treat collection. But honestly any flat woven surface works fine.
Hit me up if any of the format files glitches in your software, ill rework the file and send it back same day.
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.
- kids halloween hoodie back panel or chest designStitch the 5-inch size on a burnt-orange fleece hoodie back panel with medium cutaway and the silhouette reads from across the playground
- canvas trick-or-treat tote bagPop the largest 7.5-inch version centred on a natural canvas trick-or-treat tote in black thread for a chunky kids carry bag
- cotton kitchen tea towels for halloween decorRun the smallest 3.51-inch on three cotton tea towels for a halloween kitchen refresh in one evening
- halloween cushion cover or throw pillow frontHoop the 5-inch on a cream cushion cover, add a tearaway backer and pair with black piping
- felt or canvas wall hanging for porch decorEmbroider the 6-inch on stiff cream felt, frame it in a black 7-inch hoop and hang on the door
- denim tote or jacket back yoke patchStitch the 4-inch on a denim tote pocket or a black denim jacket back yoke for a subtle goth touch
- halloween table runner end-cap motifUse the 4-inch at each end of a cotton table runner for halloween dinner decor on an oatmeal base
- school halloween parade tshirt back designPick the 5-inch for the back of a kids white cotton tshirt with a fusible cutaway and bats clear of seams
Dimensions
5 sizes included. Stitch counts shown for the largest colorway.
| Size (in) | Stitches |
|---|---|
| 3.51 × 3.40 in | 8,949 |
| 4.50 × 4.37 in | 11,936 |
| 5.50 × 5.35 in | 15,270 |
| 6.51 × 6.32 in | 18,774 |
| 7.50 × 7.29 in | 22,596 |
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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