Sewing Gnome with Thread Spool Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Heres the sewing gnome and hes a proper little hobbyist. Tall pointed red hat folded forward over his face. Long cream beard taking up half the body. Round denim-blue tunic with a tiny stitched seam down the front. He grips a big wooden thread spool wrapped in sage green thread and a pair of tiny silver scissors hangs at his hip. Charcoal boots peek out at the bottom.

Seventeen colours go into this little guy and the layering is what makes him work. Three shades of cream stack into the beard so it looks fluffy not flat, dosent read like a single colour patch. Hat uses a directional satin running diagonal, gives it that soft felt feel. Three tans shade the wood spool so it reads round, and the thread wraps stitch out as tiny satin columns running across the spool body. Em scissors at the hip are basically two satin slivers with a grey pivot dot. Compact but full of detail.

I made him for sewing-room and craft-room gear. Last month a customer ordered the 5-inch on a denim apron for her quilting guild gift exchange and dropped some snaps in chat, the whole guild wanted one. Pop a small size on a project bag, the medium on an apron front, the largest on a wall hoop and youve covered the whole crafty-gift category in one design.

Tight-weave cotton, denim or canvas twill works best. Sandy linen, dusty sage or denim blue backgrounds let the red hat sing. Steer clear of heavy fleece, the spool detail blurs across raised fibres. Skip very dark fabric aswell because the cream beard wins the whole composition there and washes out the rest.

Density runs about 36k stitches on the biggest size at 967 stitches per square inch so its a moderate-dense piece. Use a medium-weight cutaway stabiliser, hoop firmly, and slow your machine speed during the beard layers because thats where most jump stitches happen. Reach the contact form if any panel renders unaligned.