Silly Gnomes 3

Silly Gnomes 3 is a cheerful Christmas machine embroidery design. It shows a gnome in a pointed red hat trimmed with white snowflakes, with a big white beard, a round tan nose, blue clothes and red mittens. He throws both arms in the air while sitting on a red and white candy cane, next to a large number 3 filled with red snowflake outlines on white. These colours are only a suggestion. Any shades of the same family work, so swap them to suit your fabric or project.

The number 3 makes it a lovely choice for third birthday or third Christmas shirts, baby clothes and bodysuits. It also suits festive tea towels, tote bags, cushion covers, stockings and quilt blocks. It sits well on cotton, linen and sweatshirt fleece, and the white parts stand out nicely on darker fabric.

The design measures 87 mm wide by 81 mm high (3.4 x 3.2 inches), so it fits a 100 x 100 mm hoop. It has 13,187 stitches and only 6 colour changes, so it stitches out fairly quickly. Use tearaway stabiliser on stable woven fabrics such as cotton or linen, and cutaway stabiliser on knits such as T-shirts and baby clothes.

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