{"product_id":"afro-girl-face","title":"Afro Girl Face Embroidery Design, Instant Download","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe afro is the first thing youll notice. It fills about 60% of the total design area, a big round cloud of black directional fill stitches giving it a textured puff quality rather than a flat black circle. The hairline has a scalloped edge all the way around so the boundary between afro and background has a soft irregular bite instead of a hard stamped line.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFace sits centred in the lower portion of the hair: tan satin skin-tone fill, clean cheek curve and a rounded chin. One eye is open wide with a thick lash fringe, the other is a soft winking crescent with lashes pressed down. Red lips sit below, slightly parted, with a clean upper-bow shape. Gold hoop earrings hang below the jaw line on each side, stitched in warm yellow-gold that reads metallic under light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe bandana runs across the top of the head: a red satin band with a bow knot on the upper-right side and a tight row of tiny white hearts across it. Thats 5 colour threads total: black, skin tone, red, white and gold. Six sizes from 2.08 by 2.49 inches up to 6.23 by 7.5 inches. Id aim for 4 inches and up for the face features to read cleanly. Pick the 5-inch or 6-inch if you want the wink to land properly. Avoid sizes under 3 inches where the lash detail collapses. Stitch count tops out at 37,004 on the 6-inch size, so budget 35-40 minutes on the largest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDensity is 792 stitches per square inch, the heavy end, so use a medium to heavy cutaway stabiliser especially on any stretch fabric. Cotton twill, denim, canvas and fleece all work well. Hoop tight, slow the machine down across the cheek and forehead segments and float a layer of poly-mesh topping on textured fabric so the face stays smooth. A customer stitched patches on 4 different fabrics last summer: black denim, red canvas, cream fleece and khaki twill. She said the gold hoops read completely different on each one and wouldnt have predicted how much the background colour changed them. Its one of those things youre better off testing before cutting into good fabric.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt makes a bigger difference than people expect. Email me if the skin tone thread feels off on your fabric and Ill suggest an alternate.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Re Embroidery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46063681667222,"sku":null,"price":4.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0699\/6262\/9270\/files\/AfroGirlFaceEmbroideryDesign.jpg?v=1767418222","url":"https:\/\/reembroidery.com\/products\/afro-girl-face","provider":"Re Embroidery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}