{"product_id":"welcome-our-hive-bee","title":"Welcome to Our Hive Bee Embroidery Design, Machine Embroidery Pattern, Instant Download","description":"\u003cp\u003eBig bold \"WELCOME\" arches over the top in chunky slab-serif letters, and \"HIVE\" anchors the bottom in the same heavy block style. Between them sits a fat bumblebee, wings spread out wide, with cream-coloured translucent wings, a golden yellow and black banded body, and a soft cream underside that gives it this almost fluffy look. Two little botanical sprigs flank the bee on each side, bright green leaves with tiny soft purple buds, kinda like lavender or sage. The whole thing reads as farmhouse-kitchen without being cutesy about it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIve been digitising bee designs for a while now, and this one was honestly tricky to get right. The wing detail alone uses a directional satin fill to keep those cream threads lying flat, and the body sections each have their own underlay so those striped body sections dont bleed into each other. Five sizes in total, and even the smallest one at around 3.4 inches holds the wing veining without turning into a muddy mess, thats what the density setting is there for. The stitch count on the larger versions climbs up around 32,000 stitches so give yourself a bit of time on those.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI made this one for the farmhouse crowd but its ended up in alot of different places. A teacher last spring put it on a linen tote for her classroom door hook, said it was the first thing parents noticed when they came in for pickup. Canvas and linen take the tatami fill in the bee body really well. On lighter fabrics Id recommend a cutaway stabiliser under the hoop rather than tearaway, the density on the bee thorax is high enough that you want that extra support once its off the machine. Terry cloth towels are trickier, use a layer of topping to keep the loops from swallowing the smaller text letters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStitch it on a cotton tea towel for a kitchen set, or a canvas pillow front is a good home for the mid-size version. Skip the jump stitch cleanup by setting your bobbin tension right before you start, its fiddly but saves time later. Pair the yellow thread with a warm mustard rather than a bright gold and it comes out looking more hand-crafted than commercial, which is exactly what farmhouse style is going for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHoller at me if the jump stitches bug you.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Re Embroidery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46431494340758,"sku":null,"price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0699\/6262\/9270\/files\/WelcometoOurHiveBeeEmbroideryDesign.png?v=1782290373","url":"https:\/\/reembroidery.com\/products\/welcome-our-hive-bee","provider":"Re Embroidery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}