{"product_id":"butterfly-eyes","title":"Butterfly Eyes Embroidery Design, Instant Download","description":"\u003cp\u003eIts a swallowtail butterfly but where the upper wings should be theres two human eyes staring back. Real eyes with defined brows, lashes, irises. The left wing has a fully open eye looking straight ahead, the right one is slightly angled. The wing shape is proper swallowtail, lower wings have those elongated trailing tips, and the whole thing renders in cream, charcoal and dark grey. Seven colours, none of them loud. The effect is kinda unsettling but in a way thats exactly what makes it work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWing venation stitches as fine satin columns running outward from the thorax, and the wing panels fill with tatami to get a soft textured look, not flat. The eyes themselves use directional stitching on the iris so thread radiates from the pupil outward the way real eyes catch light. industry software digitised this at 1265 density which is on the higher end, 9 sizes from 3.07 to 6.56 inch wide, stitch counts go from 26,327 to 62,254 on the largest. Thats a genuinely dense file so dont skimp on thread quality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI designed this for the gothic and alternative apparel market. My sister asked me to make something for a friend who runs a small independent clothing label and they sold out of the first run of tees in two days last october. Since then I get orders from makeup artists, tattoo studios and alternative fashion brands who want something that feels designed rather than downloaded from a clip art site.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse mesh cutaway stabiliser, hoop firmly, and slow to 600-700 stitches per minute on the dense eye sections. Stitch on black or charcoal fabric for maximum impact, the ivory and pale tones absolutely sing on dark cloth. Also works on white or ecru if youre going for the moth-pinned-specimen look, pair with a simple text hit below for a strong shirt graphic. Avoid pale backgrounds on the main version, it dulls the whole contrast. Reach out if the file gives trouble on your machine and I can rework the underlay settings for ya.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Re Embroidery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46365277323414,"sku":null,"price":4.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0699\/6262\/9270\/files\/ButterflyEyesEmbroideryDesign.png?v=1777453126","url":"https:\/\/reembroidery.com\/products\/butterfly-eyes","provider":"Re Embroidery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}