Forest Lake Nature Scene Embroidery Design V2, Instant Download

Two jagged mountain peaks sit behind a wall of dense pine forest, rocks at the waterline, the lake water in the foreground rendered as horizontal lines that get wider towards the bottom edge. Its that woodcut print aesthetic, the kind of thing you see printed on outdoor brand jackets and national park posters. Done in two thread colours, black and a warm grey, with the grey handling the mountain shading and the lighter tones in the water.

This is a high-stitch-count design. 47,464 stitches on the full 7.21-inch wide size. The pine trees alone use dense tatami fill with individual needle-thin lines suggesting each branch cluster. The peak faces use crossing diagonal runs at about 879 density that build up the shaded planes you see on engraved relief maps. The water section at the bottom has long parallel satin runs in both colours, which is what gives it that mirror-still lake feeling.

I draw alot of outdoor scenes and this is one of my better ones honestly. The way the forest sits in layers behind the rocks reads properly as depth. One customer messaged me last november after stitching the biggest size on the back of a navy wax jacket and said it looked like a custom patch from an outdoor brand. Dont quote me on that but I was pretty pleased. Stitch it on dark olive or charcoal and you get the same rugged outdoor feel.

Black thread on navy, dark olive or forest green canvas is the classic outdoor-wear colour combination. Use the darker thread colour only on pale backgrounds like cream or oatmeal if ya want a cleaner silhouette and skip the grey. Hoop tightly with a dense cutaway stabiliser because this file has alot of long runs and the backing needs to hold firm all the way through. Keep machine speed moderate for the peak fill sections and dont rush the tatami tree work. Pop some mesh topping on textured fleece if youre going that route.