{"product_id":"christmas-chicken-tree","title":"Christmas Chicken Tree Embroidery Design, Instant Download","description":"\u003cp\u003eSix chickens in Santa hats, stacked into a pyramid so their combined outline reads like a tree. Its a ridiculous idea and it lands perfectly. One bird goes on top, 2 in the middle row, 3 across the base, and they fill the triangular frame so neatly you almost miss how funny the premise is. Each bird wears its own red Santa hat sitting at a slightly different angle, which keeps it from looking copy-pasted even though all 6 are basically the same bird.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeathers are done in a fine sketch-style shading, off-white with grey directional lines, so each chicken reads as textured rather than a blank satin blob. Amber beaks and feet poke out at the edges. A loop of multicolour string lights drapes across the whole stack, with little bulbs in red, green, yellow and orange dangling at irregular intervals. At the very top, a five-pointed gold star sits where the tree topper goes. Pine sprigs and 3 pine cones fill the base, which anchors the pyramid and stops the whole thing from floating.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTen colours, 5 sizes. Smallest is 3.5 by 3.22 inches, biggest hits 7.51 by 6.9 with 56k stitches, which is genuinely a substantial piece of work. Use a woven medium-weight cutaway and a crisp presser foot so the sketch lines dont blur at the smaller sizes. Add a topping layer on anything with texture. Skip thin jersey without a floating stabiliser under the hoop or the outline work will drag.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis one gets stitched on aprons and tea towels by farm owners who find the typical snowflake stuff a bit boring. Last November a customer sent a photo of it on a cushion cover sitting on a porch bench right next to an actual chicken coop, which I still think is brilliant. Ive also seen it on tote bags carried to farmers-market stalls and on a sweatshirt that got more comments than anyone expected. The sketch shading keeps it from going too cartoon at the small size, so it holds up on adult projects. Drop me a note if a string light colour is skipping its fill and Ill realign the stitch order.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Re Embroidery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46245256003734,"sku":null,"price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0699\/6262\/9270\/files\/ChristmasChickenTreeEmbroideryDesign.png?v=1771059232","url":"https:\/\/reembroidery.com\/products\/christmas-chicken-tree","provider":"Re Embroidery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}