Free dachshund machine embroidery design for Christmas (PES, DST, JEF)

Here's a free dachshund embroidery design for your machine: a long golden wiener dog in a Santa hat and a green knitted scarf, with a sprig of holly at its paws. It's one of our Christmas dogs, drawn like a Victorian Christmas card, and it costs just your email.

• Free

  

  Dachshund Christmas Embroidery Design: Santa Hat and Scarf

  Embroidery file · 150×144 mm

  Free
• Heirloom

  

  Golden Retriever Christmas Embroidery Design: Santa Hat and Holly

  Embroidery file · 149×206 mm

  $2.99
• Heirloom

  

  Black Lab Christmas Embroidery Design: Santa Hat and Bell

  Embroidery file · 149×193 mm

  $2.99

What you get

• Three sizes, each digitized at its own size, not scaled:
• 6 × 10 hoop: 150 × 144 mm, 38,388 stitches.
• 5 × 7 hoop: 122 × 117 mm, 27,003 stitches.
• 4 × 4 hoop: 95 × 91 mm, 17,597 stitches.
• Six formats: PES (Brother and Baby Lock), DST, JEF, EXP, VP3 and XXX.
• Four threads: charcoal, Christmas red, holly green and antique gold (Madeira Polyneon 1800, 1747, 1970 and 1759). The production sheet lists them in stitching order, with the stitch count and the run time.
• Made for light fabric: the light parts of the drawing are the fabric itself, so stitch it on cream, white, oatmeal or light gray.

How to download the free dachshund design

1. Open the dachshund design page.
2. Enter your email under the picture and click Get it free. That's the whole sign-up: we make your free account and email you a link to set a password. No card, no subscription.
3. Back on the design page, click Download free (.zip).
4. Unzip it: all three sizes in all six formats, with the production sheets as PDFs.
5. Copy the format your machine reads to a USB stick, or send it with your machine's own software.

Where to stitch a dachshund

• A sweatshirt front: the 6 × 10 size, about 5.9 in wide. On adult sizes the top sits about 3 in below the collar seam. Use 1 layer of medium cut-away: how to machine embroider a sweatshirt.
• A Christmas stocking: the 5 × 7 or the 4 × 4 on the leg or the cuff. A stocking rarely leaves enough fabric to hoop, so float it on a hooped sticky stabilizer.
• A pillow cover or a tea towel: the 5 × 7 on linen or cotton canvas, with a firm tear-away.
• A tote bag or a gift bag: the 4 × 4 or the 5 × 7, with a firm tear-away.

Stitch a test on a scrap of the same fabric first if it's your first time with this line: why a test swatch saves the real thing.

More dogs

The Golden Retriever and the black Lab come with the All Access pass: $4.90 for 30 days, or a $1.99 Day Pass for 3 designs. We add new breeds every week; see them all in dog embroidery designs, and tell us which breed you'd like next.

Questions

Is the dachshund design really free?

Yes. All it takes is your email: no card and nothing that renews.

Will it fit a 4 × 4 hoop?

Yes. The 4 × 4 version is 95 × 91 mm, inside the 100 × 100 mm field of a 4 × 4 hoop. Embroidery hoop sizes shows what each hoop fits.

Can I sell things I make with it?

Yes. You can stitch it on items for yourself or for sale. Just don't share or resell the files.

Can I stitch it on a dark sweatshirt?

It's made for light fabric. On black or navy, the white fur trim of the Santa hat and the highlights would take the color of the fabric. Cream, white, oatmeal or light gray work best.