Anubis has been at the top of my pattern poll pretty much all year, and I kept procrastinating because I had kind of a crazy year and also because I knew Anubis meant tackling a lot of the other animal Egyptian gods. So here’s what I was able to work on as the last hurrah for the year!

For this go, I wanted to do the all-animal version of the deities instead of the half-animal half-human version (maybe a future pattern!). There are 2 base body shapes – a falcon and a sitting mammal style animal. This allows you to make Anubis the jackal, Bastet the cat, Set, Sekhmet the lioness, Wepwawet the wolf, and Ra or Horus, both being falcons. Added on top are a bunch of accessories like a headdress, necklace, collar, armbands, cobra, sun disk, crown, or medallions all done up in beautifully striking gold.

As usual, the pattern comes with applique templates for the different eyes and motifs seen all over the pieces. But if you have an embroidery machine, you can buy the embroidery files separately. All the pieces are either 4×4 hoop friendly or have separate options for working with 4×4 hoops. I hope you’ll give it a look! And if you do I hope you enjoy it!

Thank you everyone for an amazing 2023 and for all your support and love! I couldn’t be making all these fantastic designs without your input and encouragement! I really look forward to trying all kinds of new designs in the coming year 🥰