Forest Deer Silhouette Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Worked through a few different arrangements for the inner forest before landing on this one. Its a stag deer silhouette and the body isnt just a solid fill. Inside the body shape theres a whole woodland scene, pine trees on the right, bare branching trees in the middle, and a handful of small birds in flight scattered above them. The lower half of the body is a dense solid fill, and the forest rises up from that base toward the antlers, which are outline-only and extend above the deer shape itself. Its that double exposure style you see in nature photography but done in thread.

5 sizes in the file, stitch range from about 2,024 at the smallest up to 22,093 at the largest. Single colour, no changes, all done in Wilcom EmbroideryStudio. The lower body is dense satin fill and that woodland scene inside is a mix of satin columns and open outline work for the branches and birds. Use a cutaway stabiliser on this one because the solid fill sections need something that wont tear out mid-project. On fleece or heavier fabric, pair with a tearaway under the cutaway for extra stability.

A customer ordered the 5-inch run for woodland nursery hoops last spring and asked for matching size on a dad birthday hoodie. A customer last october sent me a picture of it stitched on a dark olive zip-up hoodie for a hunter and it looked exactly right on that colour. Stitch on charcoal, navy, olive, black, or cream. Works on denim too, which is popular for outdoor and camping crowd. Skip very thin fabrics at the largest size because the fill density can pull lighter weaves out of shape without proper underlay.

Stitch it on a jacket back, a tote, a pillow, or frame the hoop for a study or cabin wall.