Watermelon Slice Embroidery Design, Summer Fruit Machine Embroidery Pattern, Instant Download

Its a big cheerful watermelon slice and thats really what it is, no pretending otherwise. The red flesh is the main event, did the punch in professional digitising tools and the dense fill stitching actually reads as juicy, not flat. Black seeds are scattered around the way they actually sit in a real slice, not lined up perfectly. And the rind curves underneath in that two-tone band you always see, pale cream layer then the deeper green skin on the outside.

I made this one for a customer last summer who wanted something for her kids beach towels and a matching tote. She came back three weeks later asking for the matching pineapple so I guess it worked out. The design comes in 9 sizes, from 3.14 inches all the way to 6.73 inches wide, so you can fit it on a onesie pocket or go big on a canvas tote. Stitch counts run from around 10,234 up to 30,864 at the largest size, and there are 8 colours total including the seeds, the white inner rind, the green outer rind, and the red fill.

Best results come on white or cream cotton fabric. Navy and charcoal backgrounds work aswell if you want something more graphic looking. Skip anything dark green obviously since the outer rind will blend right in. Run a light cutaway underneath for the larger sizes, the density on this one is 611 and those big red fill areas need something solid or youll get puckering at the edges.

So this isnt a complicated stitch-out, mostly satin columns on the rind and a tatami fill on the flesh. Thread swap count is manageable at 8 colours, each one is distinct enough that you wont mix anything up mid-run. Pop it on a kitchen towel, a summer shirt, a hat, a pillow, it all just works.