Sleeping Bear in Hammock Embroidery Design, Nursery Pattern

Heres the kind of design that sells out at every baby shower season, I already know. A chubby reddish-brown bear sleeping on its back in a bright yellow hammock, paws up in the air, little smile on his face. Two leafy green branches hold the hammock up on either side and a tuft of fresh green grass sits at the base.

The bear has so much character. Rosy pink cheek dots, soft cream tummy, fluffy fur shading on the head and arms, eyes closed in that proper deep-sleep curve. Hammock carries a bunch of fold lines stitched in so it actually looks like fabric, not a flat shape. Branches have detailed leaf veins which add alot of dimension and theyre what give the design its woodland storybook feel.

Heavy detail design, not a quick one. 15 colours, 9 sizes from 4.5 inch up to 8.5 inch, stitches run from 48k on the smallest to over 105k on the biggest. Density hits 1508 which is a dense fill, so use a heavy cutaway stabiliser, especially on the bigger sizes. I would skip thin newborn onesies but on baby blanket panels, quilt blocks or nursery pillow covers this stitches out beautifully on cream cotton or oatmeal linen.

I digitised this in my digitising suite with proper layering so the bear sits in front of the hammock and the branches sit behind. Last christmas a customer ordered one stitched onto a 22 inch quilt block for her newborn niece, framed it instead of folding it, and the images came in after looking like proper storybook art. Underlay supports stretch fabric if you go for a heavier knit too.

Pair with a baby name in soft script underneath in a tonal sage or dusty rose. Pop a smaller 5-in size for cot bumper panel away from the seam edges so the fill dont pull. Run polyester thread on anything that needs to survive baby spit-up wash cycles. If sample run looks off send me a note and I will tighten the colour stops.