Girl Hugging Puppy Cute Love Embroidery Design, Instant Download

This design came together around that moment every dog owner knows, the nose-to-nose thing where the dog just sits there and the kid leans in. The artist drew the girl in a chibi-style with oversized brown hair in two tones -- a warm brown fill with darker brown shading lines -- and she wears a plain red dress with black outlining. The puppy faces her directly, white-grey body, brown muzzle, little red collar ribbon, and three sketchy heart shapes floating above the pair. Its the whole energy of a pet photo in embroidery form.

Set up via Wilcom. The brown hair runs directional satin fills to give it that illustrated look, the puppy's grey body uses a fill density that separates the white highlight zones from the grey shadow areas without needing an extra colour stop. 10 colours total, nine thread changes across the 5 sizes -- the red hearts go in first as an underlay pass before the main fill so they dont get buried. Stitch count goes from 24,535 at 3.51 inches tall up to 55,978 at the 7.51-inch top size.

Use cutaway stabiliser, no question. At 1,156 density the stitches pull tight enough that any movement in the base fabric during the run will cause registration problems between the girl and dog outlines. Hoop snug, go at around 650 SPM, use a 80/12 needle on medium cotton. I didnt add any topping notes to the file because the satin and fill surfaces handle the top thread fine -- but if you're running this on a textured fabric like canvas or tweed, lay polymesh topping over loop terry or textured weave to keep the outlines sharp.

One customer ran this on a childrens bedroom cushion, she picked a pale pink cotton base, the red and brown pop well against it. Stitch it on a tee for a christmas gift, its the kind of design mums tend to buy for a daughter who just got her first dog.