Skeleton Hand Floral Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Right so this one sits in that gothic floral space thats been popular for a few years now and doesnt look like its going anywhere. Its a skeleton hand doing the rock sign, index and pinky up, palm facing outward. The hand sits in a clean tattoo-flash style with each bone segment outlined and the knuckle joints drawn with small oval shapes. The whole hand sort of grows up out of a loose circular cluster of big open flowers.

The flowers are large petal shapes, five petals each, drawn in a relaxed botanical line style. Not hyper-realistic, not overly stylised, just the right amount of hand-drawn looseness. Theres probably six or seven blooms arranged in a ring around the base and sides of the hand, some fully open, some shown at a slight angle so theyre more oval. Four small four-pointed diamond stars are scattered above the raised fingers, which is a nice touch, gives it that slightly otherworldly feel without going full Halloween.

Single colour, all black, which is what makes it so versatile. The entire design runs in outline and running stitches, no fill areas, so the fabric shows through inside the flower petals and between the finger bones. That openness keeps it from looking heavy on lighter materials. That open approach keeps the stitch count manageable, 10,000 on the small and 19,326 on the biggest size. Density lands at 378, so it stitches out clean and fast without puckering.

Ive seen this go on black denim jackets where it reads almost like a screen print. Customers also stitch it onto natural canvas totes, off-white sweatshirts, and gothic-themed tote bags. Works well on Halloween gear too but since its not season-specific, people use it year-round. A customer back in october told me she stitched it onto a pair of black canvas sneakers and said strangers stopped her on the street to ask where she got them.

Use a medium cutaway for knits or a tearaway for woven denim or canvas, and avoid floating it on a topping if the fabric is tight-woven enough to give a clean stitch surface. Reach out through the contact page if the line detail looks too fine on your first test sew, sometimes a needle swap to a 70/10 sharp sorts it.