Cute Blue Tropical Fish Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Blue tropical fish, the kind that looks like it belongs in a reef tank, built with 12 colours and an actual scale pattern across the body instead of a flat satin fill. Each scale section uses a slightly different angle so the fish has that overlapping dimensional look when you run your finger across it. The fins carry fine radiating lines that suggest movement, like the tail is mid-flick. Its got a dark pupil with a small white dot on the iris for that cartoon-alive sparkle. Started this in my main digitising tool and the digitising at density 1,412 means the thread coverage is very dense, which gives great colour saturation even on mid-weight cotton or canvas.

9 sizes, spanning 3.51 inches wide topping at 7.51, heights run from 3.15 to 6.74 inches. Stitches open at 27,991 on small and reach 71,473 at the full 7.51-inch size. Thats among the heavier counts in this catalogue, so the bigger sizes need a solid machine setup. A customer who makes coastal cushion covers wrote to me last summer after ordering the 6-inch version and said the scale texture came out exactly as shown, which is the thing Im always nervous about with detailed fills at resize. 12 colour changes sounds like alot but most are short accent runs for the fin tips and eye detail, not full body reloads.

Tape a heavy cutaway backer behind canvas or denim so the density at 1,412 doesnt drag the base fabric while the scale sections build up. Use firm tearaway under tightly woven quilting cotton and the backing edges pull clean without catching the fin detail. Lay water-soluble film on top of terry or waffle knit before stitching the fine scale lines so the surface texture doesnt swallow the detail. Avoid dark navy or black backgrounds because the blue body colours dont have enough contrast depth to pop against them cleanly. Pick white, cream, aqua, or sand for best results with this ocean palette.