Stacked Gingerbread Men Candy Cane Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Two gingerbread men stacked one on top the other, which is kind of a silly setup but it absolutely works as a design. The bottom one is slightly shorter and wider and the top one sits balanced on his shoulders. The top guy wears a tall black top hat with a red holly berries and green leaves decoration at the band, a green bow tie and red buttons down his chest. The lower figure is sporting a striped Christmas hat in red, yellow and green, a blue little blue bowtie and a second set of red buttons. Theres a candy cane leaning against the right side of the stack, red and white striped. White icing detail lines outline the edges of both figures and add the smile and button details.

One customer ordered a batch of christmas aprons for her baking club last december and this was the design she went with, said they were a big hit at their cookie swap. Its 10 colour changes across 5 sizes, the sizes go from 3.5 inches wide to top 7-in wide, and heights are fairly compact, the biggest is only 4 inches tall, so its a wide but not super tall design. Stitch counts run from about 11k at the smallest to just under 27k at the largest. That 10 colour count sounds heavy but the accessories are where most of em are concentrated, the hat, bow ties, buttons, and candy cane all use separate threads.

Pop a light tearaway stabiliser under your fabric for the smaller sizes, the stitch density isnt extreme on this one. At the larger sizes move to a cutaway, especially if you're stitching on cotton twill or canvas aprons where you want the piece to hold its shape through lots of washes. The icing lines are a satin column so go steady on those, they're the crispest part of the whole design and worth keeping clean. Make sure to organise your threads before you start, 10 colours means a few swaps mid-run.

Warm-toned fabrics suit this one well. Cream, oatmeal, tan or gingham cotton all look the part. Red or burgundy cotton also works well, the brown gingerbread reads clearly against it. Skip white if you can, the the icing thread is white and it'll disappear. Message me if anything with the file isnt right.