Cat and Sunflower Embroidery Design, Instant Download

The sunflower fills the upper portion of the design with proper weight and colour. Bright yellow petals fanned out in all directions, each stitched with directional fill that gives them dimension. The base of each petal shades into orange where it meets the dark center disk, a solid black oval with small white dots scattered across it. The dark green stem curves from the flower head all the way down through the composition.

The cat sits beside and below the sunflower, done in a completely different style. Its an outline drawing, the whole cat traced in yellow thread with almost no fill inside. Ears, back, haunches, a long curling tail. You can see through the cat, basicaly. The contrast with the solid sunflower above is the whole point, one element is heavy and filled, the other is light and sketchy.

Five colours, five sizes from 3.5 x 2.55 inches up to 7.5 x 5.48 inches. The low-density cat portion wont distort lighter weaves, so its a good candidate for tea towels, muslin, and light linen. Run tearaway beneath woven cotton and youre sorted. Stitch the 5.5 or 6.5 inch sizes if you want both the cat and flower to read clearly at a glance. Dont go below 3.5 inches if you want the cat features to show. Pop it on a white linen tea towel and see how it lands. Last month a customer sent me a photo of the design on a white linen set, the recipient thought it was hand-embroidered, which is kind of the goal with this one.