African Queen Headwrap Embroidery Design, Instant Download

African queen headwrap portrait, square on, and shes looking straight out at you. No tilt, no side profile. Shes wearing a twisted headwrap in that classic style where the fabrics wound and gathered at the front into a sculpted knot above the forehead. The wraps a cool steel blue done in column stitching that follows the twist, so it reads as three-dimensional even at smaller sizes. Ive seen people recognise the exact headwrap style instantly when they scroll past it.

The hair spills out from under the wrap on both sides in big loose curls. Each curls stitched in dark charcoal and black with the tips picked out in a warm burnt orange-gold. That two-colour hair detail is what makes this look like proper illustrative artwork rather than a flat fashion print. Shes got large gold hoop earrings level with her jaw, stitched in cream and warm yellow-gold to catch contrast against the dark hair. Lips are a deep wine-red. Brows are thick and arched. Eleven colours across the whole design, density at 669 stitches per square inch so the satins come out smooth.

I get a lot of messages about this one around Black History Month in February, people buy it for tote bags, framed textile pieces, salon wall hangings. Stitch counts run from about fourteen thousand on the smallest up to thirty-five thousand on the biggest, so its proper detailed work. Five sizes from 3.33 by 3.51 inches up to 7.11 by 7.51 inches. Use a medium tearaway on firm woven canvas. Float a topping layer on textured fabrics. Keep tension consistent through the skin fills or the tone wont come out even. Thread matching questions, drop them in the inbox.