Christmas Kitten in Stocking Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Kitten sitting inside a red christmas stocking with just the top half visible above the white cuff. Ears poke up on either side, small triangular tufted ears in a warm grey with pale pink inner ear colour. Front paws rest on the top edge of the cuff like the cat is just peering over. Face is soft and round, big eyes looking directly forward, which gives the whole thing an inquisitive expression.

The stocking itself is a flat cherry red with a thick white cuff at the top that has the kind of soft textured fill that mimics fluffy fabric. The kitten body uses directional short stitches in alternating warm grey and tan to build up that layered look. Its one of the denser pieces in this range, 28,625 stitches at from 3.5 baseline to 53,940 at the largest, so give yourself proper stabilisation especially on the fluffy body sections.

Cat owners who do embroidery are a very specific and very loyal customer base, and this one gets ordered a lot in november. A customer in december ordered the file, she makes personalised christmas stockings for each of her four cats every year and she uses this design on all of them with different background fabrics so each one looks slightly different. Thats a lovely use of it and I hadnt thought of it myself.

Works best on cream, ivory or pale background fabric where the red stocking really pops and the grey cat reads clearly. On white its slightly stark but still good. Avoid red or orange fabric because the stocking disappears. The wide format, 3.51 to 6.51 inches wide and only 2.6 to 4.83 tall, means it fits well across the cuff of a real stocking or along the chest of a sweatshirt.

Four sizes, 11 colours, and a high density of 1715 means youll want a firm cutaway base and a slow-medium stitch speed on the fluffy sections. Use a sharp needle, 75/11 works well for the detail areas and keeps the satin edging on the stocking cuff from skipping.