Christmas Cow with Lights Embroidery Design, Farm Holiday

9 colours in 3 sizes, smallest is 3.51 inches wide and the largest hits 5.51 inches across. The cow here is a round lil thing, sitting down with its legs tucked under, and someone has wrapped the string lights all around it so they form this accidental Christmas tree shape behind the animal. Winking eye on the right side, a little yellow bell hanging at the neck. Pink ears, pink muzzle, black patches on white, and the lights themselves scattered in red, teal, yellow and grey all along a thin green wire. Its the kind of cow that looks suprised to be festive but is rolling with it.

At 8315 stitches on the small end up to 14158 at the largest, the fill density is manageable on most hooped fabrics. Im usually running the smaller cow on a cotton onesie or kid tee with a polymesh cutaway stabiliser, and the larger version works well on a canvas tote or a pillow panel. The satin outline around the cow body needs a clean underlay pass so the white fill doesnt bleed into the black patches, and the multicolour lights are all individual satin-filled circles so theres a bunch of colour stops. A customer last year ordered a set of these on matching flannel Christmas stockings for a farm-themed family and it looked brilliant against the red plaid.

Hoop your fabric on a flat stabiliser layer before you start. Pair this with natural cotton or linen for the cleanest separation between the cow's patches and background. Skip sheer or stretchy knits unless you add a topping. Ping me if you run into tension issues on the light bulb sections and Ill walk you through it.