Merry Christmas Reindeer Face Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Sketched this one around the idea of a reindeer just barely peeking over the bottom edge of the design space. The head is a big warm golden-orange dome, satin-filled with a cross-hatch of directional stitches so it doesnt go flat under the hoop. Two curved antlers branch up from either side, each one a thick outlined shape with inner fill runs that give em a bit of depth. Tiny red bow sits right between the antlers, just three satin shapes but it reads instantly as a bow at any size.

The nose is that classic oversized Rudolph red circle, a solid satin disc in the centre of the muzzle. Below the face, four black hooves poke over the ledge, two on each side, and they anchor the whole thing so the reindeer really does look like its peaking up at you. Scattered around the outside are small teal snowflake outlines and a ring of teal dot accents, which keeps the background alive without crowding the face.

And then the lettering underneath pulls it all together. "Merry" sits in bold red with chunky rounded serifs, and "Christmas" drops below in a slightly larger, bubbly green. Both words have a tight satin edge stitch around each letter so they read sharp even at distance. Nine colours total, 30k stitches at the large size, density sits at 627 stitches per inch so it handles well on medium-weight fabrics without puckering. Smallest version is 3.5 by 3.05 inches, largest is 7.51 by 6.53.

Best on sweatshirt fleece, sturdy cotton drill, or a medium canvas tote. Use a tearaway on woven cotton and a cutaway on anything stretchy. Float a thin topping over polar fleece so those small teal circles dont sink into the pile. Keep tension even or the open snowflake outlines pull lopsided. I get messages a few times every December about the nose colour running slightly warm, swap the thread to a true primary red and it sorts itself. Drop a note if youre stuck and ill swap the file.