{"product_id":"christmas-cats-trio","title":"Christmas Cats Trio Embroidery Design, Instant Download","description":"\u003cp\u003eStitched out quite a few test versions of this one because getting three tabby cats right took a while. Three kittens, all wearing Santa hats, sharing a single loop of Christmas lights between them. The centre cat is a ginger tabby sitting up straight with both front paws forward and a genuinely pleased expression. Flanking him on each side are two grey tabbies with darker stripes, both angled slightly inward so the whole trio feels like theyre posing together on purpose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe light strand runs around all three necks like a shared garland, little alternating red and yellow bulbs dotting the cord. Each hat is that classic red with a white band and cream pom-pom. Honestly the fur texture carries the whole design, the stitching runs in directional fills that follow the actual lay of each cats coat, so you get that soft depth you usually only see in thread-painting portraits. Ive stitched a lot of animal portraits and the tabby stripe layering here is genuinely one of the better ones Ive put out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt 17 colours this isnt a quick stitch but its worth every spool. Smallest size comes in at 3.96 by 5.5 inches, biggest runs 7.57 by 10.5 so youve got room to scale from a stocking panel to a full cushion front. Stitch count tops out around 118k on the largest, so use a medium to heavy cutaway stabiliser and hoop tight. A light topping on the first few rows helps the fine fur details read cleanly on fleece or flannel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI got a message last christmas from a customer who stitched this on a flannel stocking for her three cats, she named each cat after one of the kittens and tagged the shop in her photos of all three stockings hung on the mantle. Thats the kind of thing that makes this job worth doing. Pair the design with a deep red or forest green background and the warm ginger really pops. Cream or oatmeal fabric works too if you want a softer vintage card look. Skip white fleece if you can, the grey cats can wash out against stark white at smaller sizes. Run a test stitch at your target size before committing to the final project fabric. Holler if the ginger tabby stripes are bleeding into the flanking tabbies at the smaller sizes and Ill sequence the colour stops to keep each cat clean.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Re Embroidery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45827563618454,"sku":null,"price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0699\/6262\/9270\/files\/ChristmasCatsTrioMachineEmbroideryDesign.png?v=1762686206","url":"https:\/\/reembroidery.com\/products\/christmas-cats-trio","provider":"Re Embroidery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}