This hen has seen things. Long scrawny neck stretched up tall, head tilted sideways, eyes absolutely enormous with tiny pinpoint pupils swimming in white circles. Red comb flopped to one side, yellow beak half open, small red wattles dangling below. The feathers on the neck scatter in scraggly marks going every direction, its like the hen just got spooked and cant calm down. Seven colours total, mostly tans and creams with red accents and black outlining holding it together.
The eyes are the whole joke and the digitising makes em count. Each eye is a wide satin-filled white circle with a small dark iris floating off-centre, that slightly wrong placement is whats making it read as crazy rather than just surprised. Honestly the off-centre iris choice was deliberate and I nearly changed it but Im glad I didnt. The neck feather texture runs in short directional stitches following the feather angle, send me message if youre wanting em adjusted for a different scale. Density sits at a friendly 30k max stitches so it runs fast even on a domestic machine.
I put this together for the chicken-keeper and farm shop crowd and the response has been mad. Last march a farm shop in Yorkshire ordered a batch on teatowels for their egg stall and sold through them in two weekends, she messaged me to say her customers couldnt stop laughing at the eyes. Since then another buyer put it on matching crew-neck sweatshirts for a hen night group which I thought was genuinely brilliant. I get messages almost every week from backyard hen keepers saying it looks exactly like their own bird.
Stitch on cream, oatmeal or white cotton for best results. The tan and golden tones in the neck need a pale background or theyll sink into the fabric colour. Pair the 5.73-inch on an apron bib or a tote bag front, the 2.68-inch on an egg cosy or a small gift pouch. Use tearaway stabiliser on stable woven cotton, switch to cutaway on stretch or knit. Avoid printed or busy fabric here because the character is in those big white eyes and a patterned ground kills the punchline completely.
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.
- Farm shop novelty apronsPop the 5-inch on a cream linen apron bib and every customer at a farm shop stall does a double take at the eyes.
- Egg stall cotton teatowelsSew the medium piece on a white cotton teatowel and sell it as novelty egg-stall merch alongside your free-range boxes.
- Hen night party sweatshirtsEmbroider on matching cream sweatshirts for a hen night group and the design works on two levels at once.
- Backyard chicken keeper giftsUse the 3-inch on a small cotton pouch filled with treats as a gift for a backyard chicken keeper mum or nan.
- Farmers market canvas totesRun the 5.73-inch on a canvas tote front for a farmers market vendor bag and it starts conversations without trying.
- Country pub staff shirtsSew the medium size on a dark cotton staff shirt for a country pub or rural events catering team.
- Kids farm visit souvenir patchesPop the small 2.68-inch on an iron-on patch blank and sell it as a farm visit souvenir at a kids farm day.
- Chicken-themed kitchen giftsStitch on a set of cotton kitchen cloths or egg cosies and gift-box them as a complete chicken-themed kitchen set.
Dimensions
9 sizes included. Stitch counts shown for the largest colorway.
| Size (in) | Stitches |
|---|---|
| 2.68 × 3.51 in | 12,796 |
| 3.06 × 4.01 in | 14,662 |
| 3.44 × 4.50 in | 16,661 |
| 3.82 × 5.01 in | 18,828 |
| 4.21 × 5.50 in | 20,871 |
| 4.59 × 6.00 in | 23,236 |
| 4.97 × 6.50 in | 25,434 |
| 5.35 × 7.01 in | 27,765 |
| 5.73 × 7.51 in | 30,297 |
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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