Moon with Clouds & Stars Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Crescent moon sitting slightly tilted, face looking upward, surrounded by a bunch of soft rounded clouds puffed out on either side. Little five-point stars scatter in the gaps between the clouds, some solid filled, some just outline. Four colours total: pale gold yellow on the moon body with tatami fill for that smooth soft texture, white on the cloud shapes, and a pair of lavender and cream tones on the stars depending on size. Its a really gentle palette and it wont clash with most nursery colour schemes.

Message me if you need this in specific nursery colours, Ive done a few colour swaps on it and they all work well. I had a customer last november who was doing a whole gender-neutral room in sage green and oatmeal. She swapped the gold to sage and the lavender to a warm oatmeal and the whole thing just worked perfectly on the crib bumper panel. Proof that this one adapts alot with colour changes.

Stitch count goes from 11k at the smallest up to 35k stitches at the 7-inch version, so its a medium-effort stitch for a nursery piece. Hoop on a soft minky fleece with a cutaway stabiliser and go slow on the cloud outlines. The cloud edges use satin columns and minky has too much texture for fast stitching. On cotton muslin or flannel you can go regular speed, tearaway works fine there and youre done much faster.

Pop it centered on a white or cream minky blanket corner and it reads as that perfect classic nursery moon motif. Works on a pale lavender jersey onesie too if you stabilise properly. Skip bold dark fabric because the soft pale palette needs a light ground to read at all and thats the one rule worth sticking to.