Halloween

Halloween Machine Embroidery Designs

Halloween is a strong season for embroidery because almost everything made for it is disposable in the nicest sense. Trick or treat bags, bunting, table runners, costume additions and one-off gifts. Nothing needs to survive twenty years, which frees you up to be bolder than usual.

The range here covers furry monsters, voodoo dolls, bats and tombstones, and several themed alphabets so you can put a name on a treat bag in something more interesting than plain lettering.

Colour and Contrast

Halloween designs rely on strong contrast, which means they need dark backgrounds to work properly. Orange and lime on black reads well, the same design on cream looks washed out. If you are stitching on black, use a black bobbin thread so nothing shows through at the edges.

Formats and Downloads

All designs download instantly as a zip containing PES, PEC, JEF, DST, HUS, VP3, XXX, PCS, EXP and CSD. Each design page lists stitch count, finished size and colour change sequence.