Gnome with Umbrella Embroidery Design, Instant Download

I get send message requests all the time asking for seasonal cartoon designs that still work year-round, and this gnome is exactly that -- a chubby garden gnome with a small scalloped umbrella, nine colours, nine sizes, stitch counts from 15,683 at the smallest up to 40,725 at the full 7-inch width. The hat alone is a third of the height, which is very on-brand for gnomes, and I digitised the beard as a fluffy satin fill that actually has some loft to it on thicker fabrics.

The density at 775 stitches per square centimetre is medium-heavy, so plan for a firm cutaway stabiliser on everything except the most rigid canvas. On knit fabrics use a heavy cutaway, nine colour changes mean the hoop cant shift between any of them. Use a 75/11 needle on cotton and 80/12 on heavier twill or denim. The red and white umbrella panel sections use a satin stitch in the scalloped dome, I digitised those sections with short satin runs so they dont gap or roll at the edges even without a topping.

One customer wrote me last autumn saying they put this on kids halloween trick-or-treat bags and it went down really well with their local craft market, and they said it also works on spring items so its not seasonal at all really. Send me a message if you want the gnome hat colour swapped -- Ive had requests for a red hat version for christmas too, that looks different enough to count as a separate design. The nine-colour palette means the finished piece is colourful and eye-catching on white cotton, navy fleece, or natural linen, just pick the base that suits your project and match thread accordingly.

On fleece fabric use a water-soluble topping over the beard fill area to stop the satin stitches from sinking into the pile. Pick a white or pale base fabric for the first run -- all nine colours read at their best on light backgrounds.