Knocked out this hedgehog design for the woodland nursery crowd and it came out realy well. The hedgehog is basically a round ball of spines sitting upright with tiny little arms resting in front. Its face has that big wide-eyed look with a soft brown muzzle, pink blushed cheeks, and a dotted nose pattern. On top of its head sits a full flower crown: five or six white daisy blooms with golden-yellow centres, all nestled in a ring of vivid green pointed leaves that spread out wide on both sides.
17 colours is a lot but the digitising handles it cleanly. The spines use a layered directional satin fill in two dark brown tones, shorter strokes near the face, longer sweeping ones on the back. The belly is a cream tatami fill with a gentle stipple. Each daisy petal is a separate satin shape radiating out from a raised French-knot-style centre. The green leaves use a split stitch vein line over a directional fill so the colour shifts as the light hits them. Pink cheek blush uses a light density circle fill you can barely feel when you run a finger over it.
Sizes start at 3.5 by 3.3 inches and go up to 7.49 by 7.08 inches. At the top size youre looking at 70,309 stitches, so plan time for this one. Im not gonna pretend it stitches fast, its a dense complex piece and it earns that stitch count. A customer had the large size centred on a white cotton quilted baby blanket last spring and said it was the most complimented item at the baby shower. Worth the run time.
Best on smooth cotton, linen, or fleece. Avoid textured knits where the daisy petals can lose their clean edge. Use a medium-to-firm cutaway stabiliser and float with water-soluble topping on anything with surface texture. With 17 colour changes, lay out your thread spools in order before you start stitching so the sequence doesnt trip you up mid-hoop.
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.
- Baby nursery wall art hooped in an embroidery hoop frameStitch the 5-inch size on natural linen, hoop it in a 6-inch wooden embroidery hoop, and hang it as nursery wall art that costs nothing but time
- Quilted baby blanket centrepieceCentre the biggest size on a white quilted baby blanket and use it as the hero gift at a baby shower
- Children's bedroom cushion or pillowPop the medium size on a round velvet cushion in sage or cream for a woodland-style children's bedroom corner
- Kids cotton backpack or canvas toteRun the small size on a canvas backpack for a toddler starting nursery school, it reads clearly even on a small panel
- Spring or Easter basket liner or pouchEmbroider on a cotton drawstring pouch, fill it with small chocolates or seeds, and use it as an Easter basket favour
- Woodland-themed birthday party favour bagsStitch onto calico bags for a woodland birthday party, personalise each one with the child's initial below the hedgehog
- Organic cotton baby bib personalisationUse the small size on a white organic cotton bib for a new baby gift set with a matching burp cloth
- Toddler cardigan or sweater yoke designPlace on the yoke of a plain toddler cardigan so the hedgehog peeks over the neckline from the front
Dimensions
9 sizes included. Stitch counts shown for the largest colorway.
| Size (in) | Stitches |
|---|---|
| 3.50 × 3.30 in | 26,312 |
| 3.99 × 3.78 in | 31,083 |
| 4.49 × 4.24 in | 36,150 |
| 5.00 × 4.71 in | 41,146 |
| 5.49 × 5.19 in | 45,257 |
| 5.99 × 5.66 in | 52,078 |
| 6.49 × 6.14 in | 53,845 |
| 6.99 × 6.61 in | 60,999 |
| 7.49 × 7.08 in | 70,309 |
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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Reyazul Masud Riham, hand-drawing every design on this site
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