Birthday Queen Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Its a Black woman profile done as a solid silhouette, and the hair is the main event. Natural curly afro up top, pulled back and full, and stacked inside that hair shape are 8 empowerment words running down the right side: Sassy, Educated, Intelligent, Beautiful, Innovative, Resilient, Worthy, Magic. Bold italic hand-lettered style, each word a lil smaller as they go down. The face shows just lips with a tiny red accent, real minimal, which makes those words pop harder.

Below the portrait sits the Birthday Queen lettering in flowing script with the Q stretching out long and loopy on both sides. And at the chin line theres a small classic crown. Its all black except the red lips and those tiny four-point sparkle stars scattered at the crown and through the hair. 2 colours total, 40k stitches on the biggest size which is 10 inches wide, down to 22k at the 6-inch.

I drew this one because birthday girl designs for Black women were either too clip-arty or too generic. This one leans into the natural hair, the crown, the whole queen energy. My client who runs a custom t-shirt booth at markets ordered it specifically for milestone birthdays, 30th 40th 50th, and shes been selling these on black tees every weekend last summer.

Stitch on black cotton or black polyester blend and use just the red thread for the lips. On dark fabric you lose the black silhouette detail so pair with cream or white fabric for the cleanest read of the hair texture and word stack. Pop the 6-inch on a tote or hoodie pocket panel, use the 10-inch on a tee front or the full back of a hoodie.

Densest sections are the afro fill and the flowing queen script below. Back it with midweight cutaway behind under stretch jersey, tearaway works on woven cotton tees. Slow your machine slightly for the dense hair fill, there is alot of directional satin work in that area. Holler at me if the file acts up and ill get it sorted quick.