The mouse stands upright in a proper little dress. Flared skirt, dark pinstripes running top to bottom, the fabric rendered with diagonal satin fills so it actually looks like the dress has weight and drape. She holds a tall flower stem across her body with both paws, and up along the stem sit three tiny blooms, a red one at the top, a blue one lower down, and a purple one near her hands. Big rounded ears, a soft peach-toned face, long thread whiskers, and one glossy eye looking off to the side like shes just noticed something important. Its very storybook, very old-fashioned in the best way.
Thirteen colours and 12 thread swaps, which is the most in my whole current kids range. Wilcom did a proper job digitising the flower petals, each one uses a short satin column to give it dimension rather than just a flat fill. Nine sizes from 3.42 inches up to 7.34 inches. The smallest is 9,497 stitches, light enough for a bib or pocket, the largest hits 27,355 which is rich and detailed on a cushion or bag front. Youre looking at a genuinely complex little design despite how gentle it looks.
I drew this in february when a customer asked for something shed put on her daughters bedroom cushions. She wanted it to feel like a book illustration not a cartoon. She sent me a photo a couple weeks later of three cushions on a window seat and they looked gorgeous, the pink dress against cream linen is really really something. Since then its been going into spring baby shower sets pretty regularly.
Stitch on cream, white, or pale pink cotton or linen. Skip busy fabric because the flower detail needs a clean background or it disappears into the noise. Use a medium tearaway stabiliser on woven cotton and switch to cutaway if youre hooping jersey fabric. Run through the colour sequence once before you commit because 13 colours on a small spool machine means youll want to plan your bobbin wind order aswell.
Avoid fast machine speeds on the whisker stitches near the face, those are fine individual satin runs and pulling too quickly can distort em. Slow to about 400 spm for the face section and the result is worth it.
What people are using this design for
A starting point. The design works for plenty more than just this list, this is what folks have stitched it onto most.
- Toddler bedroom cushion coversStitch the 5-inch on a cream linen cushion for a girls bedroom window seat and add her name below in a soft script.
- Baby shower gift sets on linenEmbroider on a white cotton muslin square and wrap with ribbon as a baby shower gift, the pink dress reads beautifully on white.
- Girls nursery wall hoopsHoop the 6-inch in a 7-inch wooden frame and hang it in a girls nursery above the changing area as a gentle focal piece.
- Kids name gift tote bagsAdd the 4-inch to a small canvas tote and stitch the kids name underneath for a personalised nursery bag gift.
- Cotton bibs and onesies for babiesUse the 3.5-inch on a pale pink cotton bib so the mouse and flowers sit right at chest height on a baby.
- Spring gift pouches and fabric booksStitch on a fabric book cover or cotton pouch as a spring gift for a teacher or childcare worker.
- Girls personalised backpack embroideryEmbroider on a small canvas backpack front panel for a toddler and pair it with a name tag on the strap.
- Storybook-themed party favour bagsRun the medium size on a cream cotton bag for a storybook party and hand out as favours with a small book inside.
Dimensions
9 sizes included. Stitch counts shown for the largest colorway.
| Size (in) | Stitches |
|---|---|
| 3.42 × 3.50 in | 9,497 |
| 3.91 × 4.00 in | 11,209 |
| 4.40 × 4.50 in | 13,093 |
| 4.89 × 5.00 in | 15,219 |
| 5.38 × 5.50 in | 17,409 |
| 5.87 × 6.00 in | 19,597 |
| 6.35 × 6.50 in | 22,066 |
| 6.85 × 7.00 in | 24,516 |
| 7.34 × 7.50 in | 27,355 |
Files & Formats
Eight machine formats included in one zip. Whichever your machine reads, its in the pack.
Plus a color chart for thread matching. See full format guide.
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