Running Horse Mountain Embroidery Design, Equestrian Pattern, Instant Download

The horse is mid-gallop, viewed side-on, with both mane and tail streaming backward and the legs extended fully in that classic flying-gallop pose. Behind the horse sits a low mountain silhouette in flat blue-grey, the peaks sharp and simple, and a pale sky fill behind the whole scene. Five colors: chestnut brown on the main body, a darker brown shading the flank and under-neck, near-black on those streaming hair sections, the blue-grey mountain layer, and the pale sky tone behind it. The whole thing reads like a western landscape, clean and strong, not fussy.

Density lands at 1582, which is the highest Ive seen on a single animal design in this catalog. The muscle satin in the chest, flank, and hindquarters drives that count up because the direction shifts with every major muscle contour. 9 sizes, 3.5 inches wide at the smallest to 7.5 inches at the largest, heights 2.33 to 4.97 inches. Stitch range is 23,308 to 58,960. Use a firm cutaway stabiliser at every size, a medium-weight one at the smaller end and a heavier one from 6 inches up because the dense fill across the horse body creates a significant pull on the hoop. Run this on canvas, denim, or firm cotton twill. Dont use thin quilting cotton at the large size, the satin tension tears through it and youre left with a puckered mess.

My daughter stitched the 6-inch version last autumn on the denim jacket reverse and the mountain silhouette against the dark blue denim looked like it had been printed on, not stitched. The chestnut horse body catches the light differently to the flat mountain fill, so theres a natural contrast between the two elements even though the colors are close in value. Stitch the gallop pose facing left on the right side of a garment or it looks like the horse is running off the edge, and that doesnt look intentional. Keep your bobbin tension a touch firmer than usual through the dense flank sections.

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