Cute Little Ghost with Bow Lace Effect Dress machine embroidery design shown stitched as a Halloween ghost with a bow and a light stitch dress
cute ghost with bow
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light stitch · halloween · kids

Cute Little Ghost with Bow Lace Effect Dress Design

A sweet ghost dress with a sheer stitched look.

Cute Little Ghost with Bow Lace Effect Dress is a Halloween machine embroidery design for 4x4 and 5x7 hoops. It uses a light stitch lace effect dress, comes in 4, 5, 5.5, and 6 inch sizes, and includes design files, JPG thread color charts, and JEF among the formats.

  • Fits 4x4 and 5x7 hoops
  • Includes 4, 5, 5.5, and 6 inch sizes
  • Light stitch dress lets background fabric show through
  • JPG thread color charts included
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Getting the dress light enough

The part I had to work the hardest on here was the dress. I wanted that lace effect look to stay light so the fabric underneath could show through, but I also needed the shape to read clearly as a dress and not turn into a busy patch of stitches. That balance matters on a small Halloween design, especially one meant for baby and kids items where the ghost needs to stay sweet instead of heavy.

The 4 inch version needed extra care because I split it into 2 parts to fit a 4x4 hoop well.

I also had to test how the bow, ghost shape, and dress worked together at each size. A light stitch area can look beautiful, but only if the open spaces feel intentional and the outline still holds the whole design together. I kept redrawing until the dress looked airy and the ghost still had a clean, finished shape at 5, 5.5, and 6 inches too.

This is the kind of design where fabric choice changes the finished look in a very visible way. Since the dress is stitched lightly, your background fabric becomes part of the design instead of hiding behind it. One customer used glitter HTV under the ghost for extra pop, and that makes sense here because the open stitched dress gives you room to play with what shows through.

another stitched view of the ghost
another stitched view of the ghost
second listing photo
second listing photo
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third listing photo
seen on real projects
“This was the cutest design! I ended up using glitter HTV under the ghost for a little *extra pop. Perfect design as always!”
— Amnesty · with a photo of her stitch-out
★★★★★
This stitched out perfectly! Beautiful design!
Kaitlyn
★★★★★
I thought this stitch out might be difficult for my machine but it was an easy stitch out!
Erin
design basics
4 sizes

includes 4, 5, 5.5, and 6 inches

4x4 + 5x7

made for both hoop sizes

2 parts

the 4 inch size is split

Your machine

Works with many home embroidery machines

The download includes these machine file formats: BX, PES, DST, EXP, VIP, HUS, XXX, JEF, and VP3.

  • Brother / Baby Lock — PES
  • Janome — JEF
  • Bernina / Melco — EXP
  • Husqvarna Viking — VIP, HUS
  • Pfaff — VP3
  • Singer — XXX
  • Tajima and commercial machines — DST
  • Embrilliance — BX
In the box
  • Cute Little Ghost with Bow Lace Effect Dress embroidery files
  • Sizes for 4, 5, 5.5, and 6 inches
  • JPG thread color charts
  • Machine formats including PES, JEF, DST, EXP, VIP, HUS, XXX, and VP3
Good to know
  • This is a digital embroidery file, not a patch
  • You need an embroidery machine and must unzip the download after saving it
  • You may sell finished items you stitch from this design
useful things to know
Will I get the JEF format with this download?

Yes. JEF is included with this design, along with PES, DST, EXP, VIP, HUS, XXX, and VP3. ART is available by request through email.

What should I do if I have trouble opening or using the download?

This is a digital embroidery file, so you need an embroidery machine to use it. After downloading, make sure you unzip or extract the ZIP file before trying to open the design files.

Can I use one of these files in Illustrator and scale it up to a larger size?

These are embroidery machine stitch files, not vector files for Illustrator. I include the design in 4, 5, 5.5, and 6 inch sizes, so you can choose from the prepared stitch files instead of trying to convert them.

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