Halloween Skull Rainbow Embroidery Design, Colorful Skull Machine Embroidery Pattern, Instant Download

Theres something about a skull with a rainbow over it that shouldnt work but does. I made this for a customer who wanted something halloween-themed but not dark, she said shed had alot of people in her craft group asking for spooky designs that werent actually scary. So here it is. Four colours, 6,234 stitches, a skull grinning under a rainbow arc.

The density is 96 which is one of the lightest Ive worked at in Wilcom, and thats intentional, at this stitch count on four colour blocks, a light density keeps the design from pulling on thin fabric aswell as stopping the rainbow bands from blending into each other at the edges. But you still get good coverage on white or cream cotton because the satin is well-sequenced. Run it with tearaway on stable woven fabrics. And if youre stitching on anything with any give at all, use cutaway. Light density plus stretch equals distortion every time.

And this one is genuinely fast to run. 6,234 stitches with four colour stops means you can get through a batch of ten items in alot less time than a complex design. Its a solid choice for a run of halloween tote bags or kids tees where youre going to be stitching the same thing multiple times. Use a 75/11 needle on cotton. Avoid topping on smooth woven fabrics, the open density stitches well without it. On fleece or terry do add a light topping or the stitches sink into the pile and the rainbow loses its clean arc shape. Stitch on the right side of the fabric and use a neutral bobbin thread to keep the underside tidy.