Mechanic Gnome Embroidery Design, Instant Download

No face visible, thats the gnome thing. Just a tall olive green pointed hat that takes up roughly half the total height, a round gold nose poking out from between the hat brim and the beard, and then the beard itself which flows all the way down past where the feet should be. The hat is in an olive green tatami fill with a row of small black gear cogs printed across it, which is what makes it mechanic-specific rather than a generic gnome. Both fists are in gold, wrapped around a large open-end spanner that juts out to the left at a diagonal. Dark charcoal boots sit just at the hem of the beard.

Five colours: olive green for the hat, cream for the beard, gold for the nose and fists, grey for the wrench, charcoal for the outlines and boots. At 838 stitches per square inch the fills are solid and clean without being so dense the design goes stiff. Stitch count runs from 14k on the smallest up to 34k on the 7.51-inch wide version, so the large size is a proper run but nothing brutal. The gear cogs on the hat are the trickiest registration point, worth doing a test piece first to make sure your machine is returning to start cleanly.

Five sizes on file, from 3.51 wide by 2.58 tall up to 7.51 by 5.51. This is wider than tall so the largest size fits across an apron bib, a jacket back panel or a wide cap front. Canvas, denim, cotton twill and felt all hold this well. Use a medium cutaway on fabric that stretches at all. Tear-away on stiff items like cap panels, wont let you down.

Works on dark and light fabric. The olive green reads better against mid to dark backgrounds, things like navy, black, forest green or brown. On a cream or white base the gold and green still pop but the cream beard will need a dark outline thread to seperate it from the background, which the design already includes and doesnt need any extra work on your end. I made one last christmas on a dark canvas apron as a joke gift for a family member who rebuilds motorbikes, and people keep asking where that apron is from. I get messages from people looking for this exact kind of bloke-gift and this one delivers. Drop a note if youd like help with colour substitution for a specific shade and ill have a look.