I made this one last october after a customer sent me a photo of her goose dressed up for halloween. True story. She wanted something to stitch on a tote bag for the event and I couldnt find anything out there that wasnt either too generic or just a pumpkin slapped on fabric. So I sat down and digitised a proper goose portrait, grumpy face, halloween hat, the whole thing.
Theres alot of detail packed into 12,020 stitches at 3.51 inches wide. Seven colours in total, with directional satin stitches across each feather layer and a density of 326, dense enough to look solid on lighter fabrics without dragging the bobbin. The underlay is set generously so you dont get the base fabric peeking through on woven cottons. Hoop a good cutaway stabiliser for this one. And if youre working on a towel or fleece, add a layer of topping so the stitches dont sink in. Skip the topping on smooth woven cotton, it stitches fine without it.
But the reason I keep getting orders for this is simple, theres nothing quite like a formal goose portrait for halloween. Its a design that just makes people laugh and then immediately want to own it. I get messages from customers saying they stitched it on a kitchen towel and now its the first thing guests notice. Put it on a canvas tote, a sweatshirt chest, a linen pillow or even a trick-or-treat bag, it works on basically any flat-weave fabric aswell as heavier canvas. Use a 75/11 needle for mid-weight fabrics and step up to an 80/12 for denim or canvas. Holler if you need a size tweak and Ill sort it out.
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 tote bag left chestCanvas tote for a friend who will stop people on the street to explain the grumpy goose portrait concept.
- Trick-or-treat canvas bag frontKitchen towel corner in a home with a farm animal decorating theme, the formal portrait energy is genuinely funny in a kitchen context.
- Spooky kitchen towel cornerSweatshirt chest for someone who wore a chicken or goose costume last halloween and wants to keep the bit going.
- Halloween sweatshirt chest placementThrow pillow on a sofa where guests will ask about it, which is genuinely the whole point of this design.
- Linen throw pillow centre panelLinen apron bib for someone who cooks Thanksgiving dinner every year and has a specific sense of humour about it.
- Seasonal apron bib embroideryJersey patch on a market bag, the landscape portrait proportions fit a bag front panel cleanly.
- Halloween tote bag full frontDecorative napkin for a farmhouse-style table setting where the unexpected guest appearance is half the joke.
Dimensions
5 sizes included. Stitch counts shown for the largest colorway.
| Size (in) | Stitches |
|---|---|
| 3.51 × 1.63 in | 12,020 |
| 4.51 × 2.10 in | 15,253 |
| 5.51 × 2.56 in | 18,653 |
| 6.51 × 3.03 in | 22,154 |
| 7.51 × 3.49 in | 25,937 |
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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About the artist
Reyazul Masud Riham, hand-drawing every design on this site
Every design on Re Embroidery is hand-digitized by one person. Each file gets sketched, color-matched, and stitch-tested on real fabric before it earns a place in the shop. No team. No auto-conversion from images. Just slow, deliberate work, sometimes three or four days per design.
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