Gnome Photographer Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Its a squat little gnome crouching down low with both hands wrapped around a vintage style camera, round front lens and a boxy frame. The gnome is mostly hidden behind it, just the hat, the beard spilling out either side, and the coat tail visible above the viewfinder. The hat is that classic gnome shape, a tall curved cone that tips forward a touch, stitched in golden yellow with a crosshatch tatami fill that gives it a woven straw look. Written across the hat in a loose cursive script is the word Smile, in dark thread, sits right in the middle third of the hat face.

The beard is a big fluffy shape in pale grey-white, lots of directional fill changes so it reads as separate strands and not one flat blob. Teal green satin covers the main camera frame with a silver ring around the lens opening and a darker circle at the centre. A small white highlight dot at the 11 oclock position is what makes it read as glass. Brown shoes just visible below the coat. 8 colours total and density is 734 stitches per square inch, lighter than youd expect for something this detailed. It stitches out cleaner than it looks.

Five sizes from 3.03 by 3.51 inches up to 6.49 by 7.51. The mid sizes are the most versatile, the 4 or 5 inch sits well on a tote, apron or bag front. Use a medium cutaway stabiliser. Slow down on the hat fill where the script lettering sits, you want the Smile word to land clear and readable. Avoid dark backgrounds that muddy the beard and hat contrast, cream, white and soft sage all work. A customer who runs a small photography studio stitched this on their staff aprons last spring and said clients started commenting on it before they even sat down for their session. Email me the run sheet if the hat colour and beard colour block dont separate cleanly and Ill realign the colour stops.