{"product_id":"skull-red-roses","title":"Skull with Red Roses Embroidery Design, Machine Embroidery Pattern, Instant Download","description":"\u003cp\u003eHonestly what I like most about this one is how the roses do all the heavy lifting. The skull itself is stitched in a soft cream with tight directional tatami across the cranium, so it reads more sculptural than spooky, its the three big crimson roses crowding around it that give the whole thing that gothic-romantic tension. Two sit up at the crown, one drops lower right. Classic tattoo-flash composition and it works realy well at this scale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the larger sizes, around 5 inches wide, youre looking at nearly 38,000 stitches and the density is 940 which is on the heavier end. Hoop a cutaway stabiliser under anything stretchy or knit, the underlay on the skull alone needs that foundation or the satin stitching will shift on you. For canvas, denim, or twill you can get away with a firm tearaway but I still prefer cutaway on this one because of the jump stitch count between the rose petals and the leaf fills. The directional satin on the green leaves runs at alternating angles per leaf so they dont all blur into a single green mass, that took a bit of back-and-forth to get right.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA seller I ship to pretty regularly ordered this last week for a black denim jacket panel she does at goth market stalls. She used a 140\/21 needle, zero skipped stitches. The cream skull pops against dark fabric better than light, worth keeping in mind when youre picking your base material. Cotton fleece and black linen are also great choices. Stitch the rose-and-leaf sections first if your machine lets you reorder colours, its easier to re-hoop if anything shifts mid-run.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePop the 3-inch on a hat front or a chest pocket for something more subtle. Use a topping layer on fleece so the bobbin thread stays tidy underneath since the colour changes on the roses mean your machine works hard on longer runs. Avoid light-coloured jersey without a dense underlay or that pale cranium fill can look patchy where the fabric gives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFlag me down if the design pulls in at the waist.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Re Embroidery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46432096125078,"sku":null,"price":4.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0699\/6262\/9270\/files\/SkullwithRedRosesEmbroideryDesign.png?v=1782362083","url":"https:\/\/reembroidery.com\/products\/skull-red-roses","provider":"Re Embroidery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}