Youre looking at the truck from behind. The tailgate is down, the red reversing lights are on, the licence plate is there, and standing up in the truck bed are 2 gnomes in their ridiculous tall pointy hats. One hat is striped orange and black, the others a spotted pattern. Between them and at their feet are jack-o-lanterns with glowing carved faces. Spiders dangle on threads from the tailgate corners. Above the whole scene bats scatter across the sky in that wobbly flight path that makes them look like theyre having a great time.
Thirteen colours and 13 stops so plan some time especially at the large sizes. The smallest 3x3.5 inch runs just over 30k stitches which is fine on a home machine with a bit of patience. The biggest 5.5x7.5 is pushing 78k and thats where the portrait detail in the little faces and the tyre treads comes through properly. The black thread carries the most stitches by a wide margin, over 17k at the small size alone, so make sure bobbin thread tension is right before a longer run. This October a customer stitched the 5-inch run on a black fleece and said the orange truck body just glowed against the dark fabric.
Use a cutaway stabiliser on anything with stretch or knit, the density on the truck body is solid enough that tear-away will pop at the edges on softer fabrics. Hoop tight and add a water-soluble topping on fleece or pile fabrics. Message me if you get registration problems on the hat pattern detail, thats usually a hooping tension thing and Im happy to run through the fix. Stitch this on a black sweatshirt front and that whole pumpkin-harvest palette really sings.
What people are using this design for
A starting point. The design works for plenty more than just this list, this is what folks have stitched it onto most.
- Halloween sweatshirts and hoodiesCentre on a black or deep grey sweatshirt and the pumpkin-orange truck body and carved faces pop beautifully against the dark background
- Fall festival tote bags and trick-or-treat sacksWorks on a natural canvas tote as the main front print, the wide landscape layout fills the bag face nicely for trick-or-treating
- Kids Halloween costumes and shirt frontsStitch on the front of a kids Halloween shirt for a cute and non-scary costume piece that works at school parties too
- Seasonal throw pillow coversUse the 5-inch version centred on an orange or black pillow cover for a Halloween living room refresh that packs away easy after October
- Halloween party table runnersRun a row along a black cotton table runner for a Halloween dinner party centrepiece that customer guests always comment on
- Autumn market aprons and bib frontsEmbroider on a dark canvas bib apron for autumn harvest market stalls or baking days, the gnomes give it personality
- Custom Halloween gift bags and pouchesThe 3-inch version fits on a fabric gift bag or pouch perfectly for small Halloween gift sets or candy presentation
Dimensions
8 sizes included. Stitch counts shown for the largest colorway.
| Size (in) | Stitches |
|---|---|
| 3.01 × 3.49 in | 30,920 |
| 3.44 × 4.00 in | 35,586 |
| 3.87 × 4.49 in | 41,419 |
| 4.30 × 5.00 in | 46,673 |
| 4.73 × 5.50 in | 52,307 |
| 5.58 × 6.50 in | 64,792 |
| 6.01 × 7.00 in | 71,052 |
| 6.44 × 7.50 in | 78,121 |
Files & Formats
Eight machine formats included in one zip. Whichever your machine reads, its in the pack.
Plus a color chart for thread matching. See full format guide.
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