Bring festival colour to your stitching with this elegant sugar skull in a Mexican hat, drawn in decorative doodle-style linework. The skull is framed by a broad sombrero and filled with lively details, from floral eye shapes and curling swirls to the dotted border, neat teeth and classic nose cavity. With seven thread colours in red, orange, yellow, green, turquoise, purple and olive, it suits anyone making for Day of the Dead, Halloween, or a collection with a folk-art feel.
Because the design is open and lightly stitched, it will sit especially well on denim jackets, cotton shirts, canvas tote bags and cushion covers without feeling overly heavy. The clean outlines and airy fill let the colours do the work, so the motif reads clearly even on plainer fabrics. It is a strong choice when you want one statement embroidery that feels intricate and celebratory rather than dense.
