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Details
- Size
- 65 × 70 mm
- Stitches
- 14,280
- Colours
- 5
- Stitching time
- ≈ 24 min (700 stitches/min)
- Recommended hoop
- 10 × 10 cm
- Formats
- PES · JEF · VP3 · DST · EXP · HUS
- Category
- Cute animals
Threads to prepare
- White #fefef7
- Brown #8e6c65
- Brown #5c2a28
- Beige #f7c6ae
- Beige #c9bfa4
About this design
Hedgehog shows a small hedgehog standing in profile, nose lifted and front paws folded over its tummy. The back is covered with brown spines drawn as even points, with a few beige strokes for depth, while the belly and face stay pale. The brown outline and rounded shapes give it a gentle, storybook look.
At 65 × 70 mm it sits nicely on a bib, the pocket of a tote bag or a child's cushion. On stretchy knit such as a bodysuit, use a cut-away stabiliser, and choose a plain background fabric in a light or soft green shade so the brown spines stand out clearly in your machine embroidery.
How to stitch it
- Prepare 5 threads: white, brown, brown, beige, beige. The names give the closest shade; pick the one you like in your thread brand.
- Hoop the fabric in a 10 × 10 cm hoop with a stabiliser: tear-away for woven fabric (cotton, linen, canvas), cut-away for stretchy fabric (T-shirt, sweatshirt, bodysuit).
- Stitch the colours in this order: white → brown → brown → beige → brown → beige → white. The machine stops at each thread change (6 changes, 30 trims).
- Allow about 24 minutes at 700 stitches per minute, 14,280 stitches in all.
- For another size, open the design in the studio rather than enlarging it on the machine: the stitches are recalculated and the density stays right.
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Updated 2026-09-01.