Moon Reflection Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Ive sold a bunch of moon designs over the years but this is the one people actually come back for. Its not a crescent, not a cartoon moon face. Its the full disc sitting just above the waterline with the reflection spreading out beneath it in rippling horizontal lines that get looser and more scattered the further down they go, exactly the way real moonlight looks on a still lake at night when theres just a bit of movement on the water. The orb itself has a soft cloud-texture fill across the face. 2 colours, pale grey and darker charcoal, one colour stop between them.

5 sizes from 3.5 inches up to 7.5 inches wide. Stitch count runs from 6,364 at the smallest up to 12,952 at the largest. Density is 260 which is on the lighter side, intentionally so, the water strokes need to read as separate lines not as a solid fill. And the 56 trims are the machine hopping between each segment of the reflection field below. Hoop with a medium-weight cutaway so those long water-line fills dont drag or shift on you. A customer last spring ordered the 7.5-inch size for a midnight blue bedroom quilt and sent a photo, it looked like someone had painted it on the fabric.

Best on dark or navy fabrics where the grey threads catch the light differently and the whole thing reads almost luminous. Ive had people do this on dark indigo denim, black cotton canvas totes, midnight blue quilt panels. But its also nice on natural linen where it reads quieter and more understated. Skip anything stretchy or open-weave without a topping, the lines are too fine to hold on loose fabric without support.