Mountain Lake Landscape Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Pieced together a mountain lake landscape, proper deep-breath kind of scene. Three jagged peaks rise across the centre with snow streaked down their slopes in soft white satin. The slate blue rock faces catch shadow on the right side so the whole range reads three dimensional. Two tall pines frame the edges like curtain pulls. A winding river drifts down through the middle and the ripples are stitched in pale icy blue.

Pines along the lakeshore use alternating sage and forest green directional fills so the tree line dosent flatten into one green smudge. Rock faces sit on a slate blue tatami with a brown outline running along the ridges, and the snow patches are short satin columns laid against the stone to read as drifted-in powder. River uses jagged mini fills layered light over dark to mimic broken water surface. And the foreground grasses sit as small offset tufts in two greens so the bank looks alive.

I drew this one with cabin gear and outdoor-shop merch in mind. From 2.61 by 3.5 inches up to 5.59 by 7.5, so it scales from a chest pocket placement up to a back panel or pillow front. A customer ordered three of em last autumn for a fly-fishing lodge gift shop and she stitched the 5-inch onto sand canvas tote bags she sold to weekend visitors. She wrote me a week later saying theyd sold out by sunday afternoon and shes reordering bigger sizes too.

Pick a smooth medium-weight cotton, sand canvas, oatmeal linen or charcoal twill for best results. Light cream and grey backgrounds let the peaks read crisp without losing the snow detail. Skip dark navy or black, alot of the snow shading will sink into the shadow and the sky line dissapears. But avoid heavy fleece or terry, the fine pine needle work disappears into deep pile.

Density runs medium at 934 SPI with 39k stitches on the biggest size so its a longer run on the machine. Run a polymesh cutaway, hoop firmly with no slack, and lay a wash-away topper over the river section so the satin ripples sit cleanly on top of the directional water fill. Holler at me on chat if a peak run blurs on the ridge outline and ill rebuild that block for ya.