Winter Pine Forest Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Sketched out this winter pine forest scene on charcoal sweatshirt fabric and the layering just works. Its a horizontal row of pine trees, each one a slightly different height so it reads like an actual forest edge rather than a stamped repeat. Three shades of green do most of the work, from a deep forest green at the base branches to a lighter sage toward the tips. Below sits a cream snow ground line and the whole thing has a kind of quiet, cold-morning feel. 6 colours at density 1353. This isnt a simple outline design, theres genuine depth in the directional fill.

Plotted in industry-grade software. It comes out in 4 sizes from 4.5" x 4.49" up to 7.51" x 7.47". Stitch counts run from 44447 to 75924, so the large version takes real machine time. Plan for an hour-plus at the 7.51" size on a standard home machine. Use a heavy cutaway stabiliser, the density is 1353 and the sweatshirt fleece will pull without it. I hoop charcoal fleece with a firm stabiliser base and add a layer of water-soluble topping over the green sections so the loops dont sink into the nap. Youre gonna want to do that step.

A customer sent me a message last week saying she ran the 7.51" version centred on a charcoal zip-up hoodie back panel and it looked incredible, her words. Ive had people use the mid-range 5" or 6" sizes on throw pillow covers, quilt panel inserts, and even felt Christmas stockings for an outdoorsy family. The woodland theme means it works outside the christmas season too, especially on cozy winter sweatshirts or forest-themed nursery items. Dont sleep on this one for a february cabin-weekend gift set either.

Use a size 90 needle on sweatshirt fabric to avoid skipped stitches in the dense tree sections. Run the three green shades in order from dark to light so each layer sits on top cleanly. Skip satin sections on the snow ground if your fabric has visible texture, flat fill reads better there. Best on solid medium or dark fabrics, charcoal, navy, or dark olive.