I drew this snowman one december when I was bored of the round button-eye carrot-nose look everyone does. This one is a filigree silhouette, all built from swirling lines and scroll curls. He has a pointed cone hat that curls back on itself with a little finial loop. His body is two stacked spheres but theyre not solid fills, theyre customised into layered scrollwork with stars worked right into the belly. A scarf streams sideways and his base spreads out as a wave of curling swirls and stars across the ground.
Single colour, black thread only. 5 sizes ranging 3.51 in to 7.51 in wide, heights run 3.36 through 7.18 in. Stitch count is 10,063 at the small end, 22,703 at the biggest. Digitised inside my professional tool with a Tajima reference file. Density sits around 421 mm so its got proper presence even though the run is one thread. Fine curl tips are the spots I obsess over, those need a sharp needle and steady tension or theyll fray real bad.
Kinda needs a flat solid base. Cream linen, oatmeal canvas, pale grey cotton, or sage green wool felt all read brilliantly. Skip busy patterned cloth because the snowman himself is alot of pattern already, it gets visually visually noisy fast. Hoop with proper cutaway stabiliser, the swirl tails want support so they dont pucker. Slow the machine across the inner curls. Pair with a chunky red knit border or a tartan trim for a country christmas feel.
I get messages every november from people sorta doing christmas door hangers and tea towel gift sets. 5-inch is the workhorse for those. One customer wrote in she ran the biggest size on a hessian sack and used it as a tree skirt edge, sent me a photo. Genuinely the sort of project I love love seeing.
Drop me a line if the file gives your machine trouble, ill check it.
What people are using this design for
A starting point. The design works for plenty more than just this list, this is what folks have stitched it onto most.
- Christmas tea towel for kitchen gift setsThe 4-inch lands nicely on a christmas tea towel, single thread colour means no mid-run swaps.
- Cream linen door hanger or bannerHoop the 6-inch on cream linen and hang from a wooden dowel for a hallway door banner.
- Hessian sack as tree skirt edge motifStitch the 7.51-inch on a hessian sack panel, trim it as the lower band on a tree skirt.
- Oatmeal cotton tote bag for winter marketCentre the 5-inch on an oatmeal canvas tote, contour reads as proper folk-art at a glance.
- Sage wool felt cushion or stocking frontRun the 4-inch on sage wool felt cut to stocking shape, customise the cuff with a red velvet band.
- Pale grey wall art panel framed for mantelThe 7.18-inch frames well on pale grey linen mounted inside a barn-wood frame for the mantel.
- Pillow cover for living room couchPlace the 6-inch on a pillow front using cream cotton drill, pair with red piping along the edges.
Dimensions
5 sizes included. Stitch counts shown for the largest colorway.
| Size (in) | Stitches |
|---|---|
| 3.51 × 3.36 in | 10,063 |
| 4.51 × 4.31 in | 12,826 |
| 5.51 × 5.27 in | 15,803 |
| 6.51 × 6.23 in | 19,113 |
| 7.51 × 7.18 in | 22,703 |
Files & Formats
Eight machine formats included in one zip. Whichever your machine reads, its in the pack.
Plus a color chart for thread matching. See full format guide.
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