Chicken with Glasses Embroidery Design, Instant Download

This ones the chicken that thinks shes way too important for the barnyard. The feathers splay out in every direction like shes just walked into a wind tunnel, all those thin radiating lines fanning around the face in black and grey. Big round glasses sit right on the beak, the lenses drawn with white highlight dots so they catch light. Theres a red polka-dot bow perched on her head, and the wattle hangs down in dark red below the beak. Its a character portrait, not just a chicken outline.

my digitising suite mapped the colour stops across 9 threads, which is alot to coordinate on a piece this size. The spiky feathers are all individual satin columns running outward from the face centre, so hooping onto a cutaway stabiliser is the right move here. Dont use a tearaway or the feather tips will distort when you pull it free. The glasses lenses use a tight fill with directional stitches going horizontal so the eyeball details sit cleanly on top.

And the density on the face proper sits at 1524, which is firm enough to hold on fleece or a canvas tote without puckering. The beak is a separate satin block, so swap that thread to orange any time you want without touching anything else. Five sizes from 3.18 inches up to 6.81 inches wide, so it works on a tea towel corner all the way up to a full tote bag front.

One customer shared their finished shot last fall, she grabbed the 6-inch hoop file for a personalised apron. The feather spikes came out sharp, which I was honestly a bit suprised by because that style can go soft on knit fabric. She used a topping layer on the knit sections and it made all the difference.

Best on thick woven cotton, canvas, denim jackets, or linen aprons. Skip stretchy fabric unless you stabilise it properly. Use cutaway backing on anything remotely stretchy, the satin columns will gap if the base moves under the foot. Stitch the beak last and the glasses frames look crisp when the face fill is already locked down.