Angry Chicken Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Round bird, big attitude. The body is this super fluffy tan ball shape with feather texture built from layered radial satin that goes from pale buff at the belly to a deeper warm brown at the wingtips. The ruffled feathers along the top of the head and shoulders stick up and outward in individual spiky shapes, which is what makes it look like the chicken is genuinely furious about something. Its kinda the design equivalent of your most opinionated hen.

The face is where the character lives. Heavy black brow lines pulled down in the middle of the forehead create that unmistakeable scowl. Tiny beady eyes stare out from under them. Orange beak, dark red comb sitting on top of the head, red wattle hanging below. The feet are those exaggerated cartoon claws with 3 forward toes spread out like its gripping the ground ready to fight someone. Honestly, Ive stitched this on a cream apron and cant stop laughing every time I wear it.

Seven colours, 6 changes, 70 trims. Stitch count from 13,447 to 37,452 across the 9 sizes. Hoop on medium cutaway stabiliser and use topping on anything with pile or texture because the radial feather fill is directionally complex and it needs a flat surface to sit right. Skip dense knits, the individual feather tip shapes get fuzzy on jersey. Add a firm stabiliser layer under canvas tote material when youre running the 5-inch or larger. Digitised in my digitising suite.

One customer who runs a small farm-themed gift shop wrote me last spring to say people laugh out loud the first time they see it on the rack. Best on natural linen, cream cotton, or pale denim where the warm tan of the feathers reads clean without competing with the ground fabric.