Nightmare Skull Face Embroidery Design, Halloween Machine Embroidery Pattern, Instant Download

One colour skull. Thats the whole deal. 3,543 stitches, density 220, one thread from start to finish. This is as stripped back as a halloween design gets, solid black, skull face, flat silhouette, 3.51 inches wide but only 0.71 inches tall. That extreme horizontal proportion is what makes it interesting. It reads like a face peering over a hem line, a zipper, or a pocket edge. On a black garment the skull disappears unless ya pair it with a light-coloured base fabric behind, thats the only placement note that actually matters here.

I get a lil bunch of messages every october from people who want batch halloween merch and dont want to deal with multi-colour setups. This ones a colour. Done. Density 220 on a single-colour fill this flat and wide means your stabiliser choice matters a lot. On woven cotton or canvas a medium tearaway works fine. On knit, go with a cutaway and dont rush the hoop tension, if the fabric is stretched too tight in the hoop, the skull face outline will distort when ya unhoop. Keep your machine at a moderate speed for the outer contour satin columns since the narrow 0.71-inch height means the bobbin thread shows quickly if tension slips. Use a fresh needle, 75/11 or 80/12 sharp, for the fine jaw tooth detail. Stitch at around 75% speed for those tooth columns specifically.

Pop it along the brim of a halloween beanie, across the chest of a black t-shirt, or along the hem of a pillow. Because the design is only 0.71 inches tall its great on narrow bands, sock cuffs, waistbands, zipper tape, anywhere a full skull motif wouldnt fit. A single hooping and a fast stitch-out. Good for batch runs on halloween merchandise. Works sharpest on white or light grey fabric where the black reads the cleanest.