Goose in Pumpkin Car Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Drew this scene last halloween after my niece was after a funny take instead of something spooky. A cartoon white goose is sat behind the wheel of a hollowed-out pumpkin acting as the car body, with tiny black wheels at the corners. A jack-o-lantern face grins out the front grille. The goose is yelling honk honk in a chunky black speech bubble above its head. Loose grey shadow under the wheels gives em a bit of ground.

Ive kept all the comic linework intact through the digitising, which is the bit that makes the joke land. Black satin outlines run last and land cleanly atop the orange pumpkin fills below. Density on the orange is the highest in this design at 1,102 average so its kinda thick on the fabric. Nine colours total, eight colour changes, 155 trims on the smaller side and 166 trims at the bigger hoop. Stitch counts run 27,362 at 4.5 inches across, climbing to 62,841 at 8.5. The biggest hoop version is really nicely detailed.

People keep ordering this one for kids halloween gear, mostly trick-or-treat tote bags and pillowcases. Around mid-october, my cousin sized hers at 4.5 inches for her sons preschool backpack and figured it would barely register on the panel. I told her bump up to 6 inches minimum. Reach for tearaway or polymesh behind cotton twill, double the layer on stretch knits, and hoop tight so the wheels dont end up oval.

Stitch this onto a kids backpack, a halloween apron, a felt porch hanger, a small throw pillow, or a witchy market tote. Use a 80/12 sharp on cotton-poly twill, switch up to a 90/14 if you hit canvas or twill. Drop machine speed for the outline pass around 600 rpm so the wheel circles stay round. Iron from behind through a teflon shield once youre done and the orange fills relax kinda nice. Swap cream or grey thread into the speech-bubble outline when matte black struggles on dark cloth. Thats my pro tip.

Nine sizes total, biggest hoop covers full apron-chest scale.