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Details
- Size
- 67 × 69 mm
- Stitches
- 12,158
- Colours
- 4
- Stitching time
- ≈ 23 min (700 stitches/min)
- Recommended hoop
- 10 × 10 cm
- Formats
- PES · JEF · VP3 · DST · EXP · HUS
- Category
- Halloween
Threads to prepare
- White #fdfcf7
- Plum #4f2f36
- Light grey #cbd9da
- Slate blue #39809b
About this design
Clumsy mummy shows a small character wrapped from head to toe in white bandages, arms out and legs apart as if about to topple over. The large blue-grey eyes and plum outlines give it a playful, childlike look rather than a scary one. The style is graphic, with clearly drawn grey bands over a pale body.
At 67 × 69 mm it suits a Halloween tote bag, a child's sweatshirt or a treat pouch. Pick a deep background colour, orange, black or purple, so the white bandages stand out. On stretchy knit, a cut-away stabiliser keeps your machine embroidery neat and flat.
How to stitch it
- Prepare 4 threads: white, plum, light grey, slate blue. 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 → plum → light grey → slate blue → plum → white. The machine stops at each thread change (5 changes, 67 trims).
- Allow about 23 minutes at 700 stitches per minute, 12,158 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 2026-10-14.