Jesus Cross Embroidery Design, Faith Silhouette Religious Pattern, Instant Download

Pulled together this jesus cross design as a clean black silhouette piece. The cross itself is the full shape, vertical beam dropping straight down and the crossbar arms reaching out wide. Inside the crossbar sits the face of Jesus wearing the crown of thorns, his head bowed slightly with long hair flowing down into the vertical beam. The whole piece reads from negative space, the white fabric carves out his cheek, his eye, the dips between the thorns.

Single colour design, black only, which sounds simple but its actually the harder kind of embroidery to pull off right. No fills hiding mistakes, the satin and tatami stitch direction matters because thats what gives the silhouette its weight. The crown of thorns has those sharp little points all the way around, hands need to read clearly, the flowing hair stitches in long directional lines downward.

I get alot of orders for this from church groups, bible study leaders, easter event organisers, and one customer ordered the 7 inch size for her dads memorial service shirts last spring. Its also been showing up on quilt panels for prayer shawls and on the back of church choir tote bags.

Five sizes from 3.51 inches wide up to 7.51 inches, with stitch counts between 6,219 and 16,235. Single thread means no colour changes, no thread swap mid-stitch, super smooth machine run. The smaller sizes hold detail well, the face features stay readable down to 3.5 inches.

Stitches cleanly on white, cream, light grey, sand, oatmeal or any pale solid fabric. Skip patterned fabrics because the silhouette needs that clean contrast. Skip dark fabrics too obviously, theres nothing else to fill in. Pair crisp cutaway behind cotton, linen and canvas. Hoop snug, especially for the bigger sizes. Reach me if the file gives you any trouble.