Leopard Pumpkin Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Pulled this together after alot of requests for a fall design that wasnt just the usual plain pumpkin. The whole body is covered in leopard-spot clusters, each spot outlined in dense black satin stitch with that warm orange R235 fill bleeding through the gaps. Theres a curly stem at the top that keeps it organic, stops it looking too geometric. At the 3-inch hoop the detail is already sharp, and the 7-inch version on a cream sweatshirt is kinda jaw-dropping, the density really pops on fleece.

Wilcom EmbroideryStudio digitised this at 857 density, which means the satin columns stay crisp without buckling on mid-weight knits. Use a cutaway stabiliser underneath, not tearaway, the 123 trims in this file create a lot of bobbin tension and tearaway will shift your hoop. I ran the 5-inch size against a double-layer of medium cutaway and had zero issues. And dont skip the topping on the orange sections if youre stitching onto a light-coloured terry or fleece.

Two colours, two stops. Black goes first, then the orange drop-in. Color changes: 2. Total stitch range is 15,900 at the 3-inch up to 39,359 at the 7-inch, so plan your thread accordingly. One customer ordered it on a burnt-orange hoodie in black thread only, just skipping the orange stop entirely, and it looked realy good as a tonal tone-on-tone piece.

Best fabric for this one is a medium-weight cream or oatmeal sweatshirt. The contrast between the cream background and the chocolate-black outline reads really clearly. Pair it with a coordinating fall arrangement on a tote if you want to do a matching set. Pick your hoop size based on chest placement, I usually recommend the 5-inch for adult sweatshirts. Holler if you hit any snag with the file.