Christmas Highland Cow Embroidery Design, Instant Download

A fluffy little highland cow calf peeks out from behind a snowy grass patch with a string of christmas lights wrapped through its horns and across its forehead fringe. Big curious black eyes, pink nose, and that proper shaggy ginger fur thats the whole reason people fall for highland cows. Theres red, green, blue, yellow and orange bulbs strung along a green wire, with the wire crossing in a casual loop like someone just plopped it on. Snow sits in patches at the base.

The fur is digitised with directional stitches running outward from the face so the calf actually looks fluffy and not flat. Three layers of ginger plus cream highlights give it the depth you want. Each light bulb is a tiny satin column in its own colour with a black outline. The horns use a brown fill with darker stripes for that ridged horn texture. Density runs lower at 911 because the heavy fur layers stack, dropping density keeps it soft instead of stiff.

Last Tuesday a shopper messaged me wanting the 5x7 size on a christmas stocking and that 18-colour palette is what makes it sing. Worth it for the holiday season window only. I get holiday orders rolling in from mid october and this one and the gingerbread cottage are the two i can barely keep up with.

Run this through a mid-weight twill or canvas thats atleast 6oz, the 36k stitches in the jumbo need somewhere to live. Pick cream, oatmeal or forest green fabric to show off the ginger fur best. White works too. Steer clear of inky navy and black under the 4 inch sizes because the fur shading loses readability against dark fabrics. Float a 2.5oz cutaway sheet behind the hoop, the thick fur layers want a solid base or the calfs face shifts a hair. Drop in a fresh 80/12 sharp and dial speed back to about 600spm across the bulb colour changes, theres 18 colour swaps so prep your thread tree before you hoop.

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