Peekaboo Girl Embroidery Design, Cute Kids Machine Embroidery Pattern, Instant Download

Pulled this together last autumn after alot of requests for a peekaboo kid design that actually looked like a real cartoon character, not just a basic outline. Its a little girl with big natural afro puffs, each puff digitised separately so the directional fill reads right on woven fabric. She peers over a satin-stitched ledge, hands just visible at the bottom, big eyes with white highlight dots, tiny red earrings, and two chunky purple and pink bows tied round her puffs. Six colours total: brown, black, white, red, pink, purple. Runs 8,177 stitches at the 1.84-inch width up to 36,935 stitches at 7.5 inches tall.

The density is set at 894 and theres a reason for that. Go lighter and the afro texture collapses into flat fill. Go heavier and the curls get stiff. I spent a week testing it on quilting cotton, fleece, and a terry hand towel before I was happy. Best results come from cutaway stabiliser underneath, not tearaway. And run the small sizes on tightly woven fabric only, the 1.84-inch version has satin columns as thin as 3mm. One customer used the 4.5-inch file for a baby shower bodysuit in white cotton and sent me a photo a few weeks later. Looked brilliant.

Stitch on a toddler tee, a nursery cushion, or a kids backpack pocket. Pop the 3.5-inch version on iron-on backing and press it onto a denim jacket collar. Use cutaway underneath every time, this design has 5 colour changes and 35 to 45 trims depending on size, so the underlay needs to stay put. Skip water-soluble topping unless youre working on terrycloth, the surface on most cottons is smooth enough. Add a matching name underneath in a block font for a personalised kids gift, people have been asking me for that combo since I first listed it. Dont forget to slow your machine speed on the small afro curls, rapid needle entries at the tight curves cause thread breaks.