Abstract Love Cats Embroidery Design, Instant Download

This is kinda just two cats being in love, rendered in the most abstract way I could pull off while keeping them readable. The one on the left is drawn in flowing cyan-aqua lines, all outline-style with long sweeping strokes that follow the curve of the neck and ears. The one on the right mirrors it in a warm yellow-gold with a bit more satin density in the body. They're facing in toward each other, heads almost meeting, and right at the nose-to-nose point theres a really small red heart sitting between them. White stitches handle the eye highlights, black satin dots make the pupils, and the whole thing has this loose modern feel that reads more like a graphic print than a traditional embroidery subject.

I ran digitising tools for the colours so you get the cyan run first, then yellow, then the black face details, then white highlights, then the red heart last so it sits on top clean. The underlay is light because the design is intentionally open, digitising the fills too dense would kill the abstract look, so I kept it at 283 to let the fabric show between the lines on lighter areas. You want a woven base fabric here, something like cotton twill, canvas, or a structured linen, it lets the open outline style breathe properly. Last month a customer stitched it onto a slate-grey canvas zip pouch and emailed me the finished shot, the yellow cat reads beautifully against the dark ground. Stitch the cyan cat first, then swap to yellow and go. Use a firm cutaway stabiliser, the long swooping lines on the outline sections can drag on tearaway. Lay polyfilm topping over fleece or textured linen so the black pupil dots stay crisp.

5 colours, 4 colour changes, 5 sizes from 3.19 inches up to 6.82 inches wide. Skip very thin cotton voile for this one, the outline strokes need a bit of body in the fabric to anchor cleanly.

Good on canvas, cotton twill, structured linen, felt, or denim. Pair the cyan with a warm terracotta fabric if youre gonna go for contrast, it looks striking.