Haunted Bats Rising from Skeletal Hand Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Three bats connected to a skeletal hand by thin cords, each one floating up and out at a slightly different angle, like theyre being held on invisible strings or just decided to lift off on their own. The skeleton hand itself is done in fine outline stitching that shows individual knuckle detail, the metacarpal bones in the back of the hand, the wrist joint. All in black, one colour. The bats above are solid silhouettes so you get contrast between the open detailed linework below and those dense bat shapes above.

Five sizes from 3.5 inches wide by 2.13 inches tall on the smallest up to 7.5 inches wide by 4.55 inches tall on the largest. Stitch count goes from 5,814 stitches up to 13,086 stitches, density sits at 383. The outline stitching on that bony arm is what gives this design its clean quality, it takes skill to digitise fine linework at this scale without it going lumpy, Im happy with how the whole piece stitches out on white cotton. A customer ordered the 7.5 inch version last october for a halloween shirt front and said the thin cord lines between the hand and the bats looked really clean even after washing. Suprised the detail held up that well on a cotton jersey.

Back it with a cutaway stabiliser for any garment use, the fine linework needs support. Tearaway is fine for stiff woven fabrics that wont stretch or shift. Use a sharp size 75 or 80 needle for the thin line sections, a dull needle will drag on the fine satin cord paths and cause skipped stitches.

Stitch on white, cream, or light grey cotton or linen for the best contrast with the black linework. The open-style skeleton hand reads poorly on dark fabric because the thin lines disappear. Works well on oatmeal canvas or black-on-grey for a more subtle halloween look.