This lil fella has a lot of confidence for something that ends up on a dinner table every november. The stance is slightly swaggering, tail fanned out wide, head held up, and it really does read as the coolest turkey around. I get messages every year in october from people who do big family thanksgiving shirt projects, and this one comes up a bunch because it works equally well on a kids' tee and an adult apron. At 7,496 stitches and 2.53 inches wide, its a medium-density piece with a density of 131, light enough that it wont stiffen thin knit but defined enough to read clearly.
Four colours: deep brown body, burnt orange tail sections, cream accent, and that bold red-orange wattle. Drop in your thread colours in that order and you've got four colour changes total. I used my main digitising tool to digitise this, and the satin outline around the whole bird is the thing that makes it look polished, holds those clean cartoon edges on cotton and linen alike. Pair firm tearaway for tightly woven shirts; if youre hooping a knit thanksgiving sweatshirt, go with cutaway to keep the directional fill from puckering.
A customer dropped me a note last thanksgiving saying she'd made nine matching turkey shirts for her whole family reunion. Nine! She ran them all on one day which is a lot of hooping but the design stitched out consistent every single time. Pair it with a sans-serif font underneath saying something like "Grateful" or just the family surname for a proper matching set. Run it at 2.5 inches on a left-chest position for adults, or bump it up to 3.5 on a kids' shirt front for maximum impact.
Drop a message if you need a different size or something isnt right with the download.
What people are using this design for
A starting point. The design works for plenty more than just this list, this is what folks have stitched it onto most.
- Family thanksgiving matching shirt left chestFamily thanksgiving matching shirt left chest, nine copies for a reunion is apparently achievable in a day if the design stitches this consistently.
- Kids' thanksgiving apron front panelKids thanksgiving apron for a holiday cooking session where the child turkey-enthusiast is helping with the cooking.
- Thanksgiving tote bag centre stitchThanksgiving cap front panel for the uncle who owns the turkey fryer and wants everyone to know his authority extends to the hat.
- Holiday kitchen towel corner patchHoliday kitchen towel corner patch for someone who does a full thanksgiving kitchen redecoration every november.
- Thanksgiving cap front panel embroideryCanvas thanksgiving tote bag for produce shopping at a fall market, the swaggering turkey is an appropriate companion.
- Adult sweatshirt left chest placementAdult sweatshirt left chest for a thanksgiving morning family walk or parade where everyone wears matching seasonal gear.
- Thanksgiving table runner end motifLinen table runner end motif, alternating turkey at every 8 inches along the runner length for a thanksgiving table display.
Dimensions
5 sizes included. Stitch counts shown for the largest colorway.
| Size (in) | Stitches |
|---|---|
| 2.53 × 3.50 in | 7,496 |
| 3.25 × 4.50 in | 9,909 |
| 3.97 × 5.50 in | 12,492 |
| 4.69 × 6.50 in | 15,364 |
| 5.42 × 7.50 in | 18,541 |
Files & Formats
Eight machine formats included in one zip. Whichever your machine reads, its in the pack.
Plus a color chart for thread matching. See full format guide.
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Reyazul Masud Riham, hand-drawing every design on this site
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