Sticklebacks | Embroidery file

🐟 Embroidery made easy: Here come the SewSimple “Stichlinge” (Sticklebacks)!

Ready for a creative adventure with your embroidery machine? Fire up your machine – because the “Stichlinge” by SewSimple bring a truly maritime and playful touch! This charming fish embroidery file not only breathes fresh life into your sewing projects but is also perfect for stylish extras like keychains, patches, or bag charms.

Whether you're a beginner or an expert – embroidering fish has never been so easy and versatile!

---

🎣 Simple fish embroidery: 10 cute designs + bonus

This embroidery series includes 10 detailed fish motifs as well as two bonus designs, each grouping three “Stichlinge” together – ideal for larger appliqués. You can embroider the designs on both stretchy and non-stretchy fabrics.

Perfect for:

• cool patches to sew or iron on

• creative repairs, e.g., to cover small holes

• maritime highlights on clothing, bags, or accessories

• keychains & bag charms made of felt or faux leather

---

✨ Fish embroidery motif with a wow effect: glitter, foil & creative extras

If you like sparkle and glamour, you can back your fish embroidery motifs with embroidery foil. Be sure to bond the foil with Vliesofix before embroidering – this ensures it adheres securely to the fabric later. It looks especially sophisticated if you carefully remove the foil section at the fish head – for a lovely 3D effect!

---

🧵 Materials for your fish embroidery

For optimal results, we recommend the following materials:

• Fabrics: Woven fabrics, sweat fabric, embroidery felt, canvas, faux leather

• Stabilizer: Cut-away, tear-away, or adhesive stabilizer

• Needles: Universal embroidery needle or Super Universal needle (size 75/80)

• Thread: 40 wt embroidery thread

• Tools: Temporary spray adhesive (optional)

Available file formats

You will receive the embroidery pattern in the following file formats:

• DST
• PES
• JEF
• EXP
• XXX
• HUS
• VP3

Note: Do not open the embroidery file in software (unless you want to add further files); instead, transfer it to a USB stick to use it on the machine. For Janome and Wilcom software (Bernina, Hatch, E4), you may need to adjust the setting to “as individual stitches, Grade D.” Otherwise, the files could be corrupted because the other setting may recalculate the stitches entirely. Required hoop size: at least 10 x 10 cm

---

🐠 Step-by-step: How to succeed with your “Stichlinge” embroidery file

1. Hoop the stabilizer and fabric tautly

2. Load the embroidery file & follow the color sequence (PDF color chart included)

3. Optional: Bond the embroidery foil with Vliesofix

4. Reduce embroidery speed slightly for more precision

5. Admire & continue creative processing!

---

Ideal for beginners: Fish embroidery file for all machines

These simple fish embroidery motifs are ideal for embroidery beginners. They can be used with all common embroidery machines and require no complicated preparation.

Available file formats: DST, PES, JEF, EXP, XXX, HUS, VP3

---

📚 Still new to machine embroidery?

Don't worry! In our extensive blog post Embroidery with an Embroidery Machine, you will find all the information you need: from selecting materials and file transfer to perfect thread tension.

Do you want to embroider the fish onto dishcloths or towels?

Aqua Strong is great if you want to embroider towels or dishcloths so that the embroidery looks good from both sides. Embroidery Queen Kasia Hanack, who is an expert on all types of embroidery, recommends the following procedure. You need two different types of stabilizer for terry cloth:

• Embroidery foil Aqua Strong^* (or comparable water-soluble stabilizer; Soluvlies works too) under the fabric
• Embroidery foil Aqua Light^* (or similar) on top of the fabric (for fluffy materials like terry cloth)

How it’s done:

• Wipe the Aqua Strong embroidery foil very lightly with a clean, damp cloth to make it sticky
• Stick it onto the back of the fabric and press down firmly
• Use embroidery thread as the bobbin thread
• Bring the bobbin thread up and hold it with the top thread so the thread doesn't tangle
• Embroider slowly
• Wash out the stabilizer after completion

---

⚓ Get the “Stichlinge” fish embroidery file by SewSimple now!

Whether as a maritime decorative element, a patch, or a keychain – with the “Stichlinge” by SewSimple, you can make every project an eye-catcher. Download now, start your machine, and get embroidering!