Smiling Cactus Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Round green cactus body with two side arms reaching out, the whole thing sat smiling in a brown terracotta pot on a lil green grass patch. Big round black glasses frame closed happy eyes. Pink oval cheek blush on each cheek. Mouth wide open in a grin with the tongue peeking out. A purple six-petal flower with a yellow centre tilts off the side of its head like a hair clip. Tiny black spines run along the body edges. Stuck right there in the pot.

Constructions the busy part. 9 colours, 8 colour changes per size, between 39 and 41 trims. Stitches sit at 12,859 on the smallest 3-inch size up to 30,908 on the largest 5.56-inch. Densitys 854 so it needs proper backing. I digitised it in my main digitising tool with each face element on its own colour stop so the pink cheeks, tiny white highlight, and yellow flower centre register cleanly without bleeding into the green fill.

I get messages alot about this design from etsy shop owners running kids apparel. The 4.51-inch on a toddler tee chest with no-show mesh cutaway is the most-asked combo, runs about 5 minutes on a single-head home machine. One of my long-time customers used the 3.85-inch on a series of cotton bibs last autumn for her sisters daycare and the kids fought over which one to wear. Said its a real win on her end.

Hoop with no-show poly mesh on stretchy kids cotton, medium tearaway on canvas or twill. Pop the 3-inch on a toddler romper chest panel. Stitch the 4.71-inch on a kids tote backpack front, permanent cutaway because kids drag em on the ground. Run the 5.56-inch dead-centre on a cushion cover, its a nursery feature pillow. Best on cream, white, pastel yellow, dusty pink, soft mint. Skip dark navy because the glasses outline gets lost.

Just like that.

Text me on the contact form if your machine pauses on the eye-highlight colour stop, the 222-stitch white sub-block sometimes reads as a trim and ill walk you through the colour-merge in the spec.