{"product_id":"colorful-seahorse","title":"Colorful Seahorse Embroidery Design, Ocean Machine Embroidery Pattern, Instant Download","description":"\u003cp\u003eWorked on a seahorse design and went all out on colour. Its deep orange on the outer edges fading into warm yellow through the midsection, then theres this band of turquoise and teal right across the belly and its sitting there like light coming through shallow water. Theres a small crown of spiky dorsal rays in golden cream on top of the head and theres a tiny jewel eye with its own highlight dot. Nine colours altogether and honestly theyre not fighting each other, each ones earning its place and its visible on the fabric.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIm fussy about how seahorse designs handle the armoured plate segmentation because when its done badly its just a smooth blob of colour and youre not seeing a seahorse anymore, youre seeing an orange shape. But the directional fill change at each plate section means youre actually seeing the segmentation and its not just implied. Dorsal spines along the back edge are individual satin fills, theyre not drawn outlines, theyve got their own stitch path. Curled tails tightened down to the last segment. my usual software at 628 stitches per square inch, solid density for a design with this many colour areas. Orange sections are solid and theyre not gonna look patchy. Biggest sizes about 21.6 thousand stitches which isnt a fast stitch out but its worth it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIve got five sizes from 3.5 by 2.14 up to 7.51 by 4.58 inches. Its wider than youd expect for a seahorse standing upright, and its actually useful for tea towels and cushion panels where youve got more horizontal than vertical space. Customers whove grabbed it have mostly been doing beach house projects, kids ocean rooms, summer gifts. One woman told me she made a set of coastal tote bags with it for teacher end-of-year presents just last spring and shes thrilled with how theyre looking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePick white, pale aqua, natural linen or soft sandy tones. Dont go darker than mid-grey or youll lose the teal midsection completely. Use medium to heavy cutaway given the fill density. Slow your machine down on the orange sections at the largest size so the colour boundaries stay clean. Float a topping if youre going onto any textured surface so the plate sections stitch flat.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Re Embroidery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45916309258390,"sku":null,"price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0699\/6262\/9270\/files\/ColorfulSeahorseEmbroideryDesign.png?v=1764735580","url":"https:\/\/reembroidery.com\/products\/colorful-seahorse","provider":"Re Embroidery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}