Color Splash Zebra Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Mocked up this zebra after a customer asked for something thats wild but also modern, not your standard animal silhouette. The head is shown from the side, black directional satin stripes over a white base the way a real zebra looks, but then there are dripping paint streaks running through the lower half in neon blue, hot pink and yellow. The drips look like someone took a paint brush to it and let it run, some longer streaks, some short, all coming down through the jaw and neck area.

4 colours total, 3 colour changes. The black makes up the bulk of the stitches at around 5,614 in the smallest size, which is what gives the stripes their crispness. my main software output the stripe underlay at density 486 so the satin doesnt gap even on the narrowest stripes. The drip sections are done in shorter column stitches that taper at the bottom to actually look like paint dripping rather than just coloured blocks.

This is the kind of design thats suprising how well it reads on plain dark fabric. One customer stitched the 7-inch version on a black market tote and the neon colours absolutely popped against the dark ground, the white underlay came through clean with a layer of topping on the black fabric. Use cutaway stabiliser for any stretch or canvas base, the stripe density needs it. Pair the hot magenta and the lemon thread colours carefully, some machines read that lemon as almost white under certain lighting so check your bobbin contrast first. Text me after you stitch the first run and let me know how it comes out.

Its realy a statement piece. Works on teen bedroom decor, fashion totes, art prints on felt, or as a panel in a quilted wall hanging. Stitch it on a pale grey linen for a gallery-wall vibe.