The girl stands full-length and the first thing you notice is that hair. Its enormous, curly, and takes up the whole upper section of the design. The curls fan out in every direction from a centre part, each curl a defined loop shape, and the colour is that warm chestnut brown with a hint of warmth rather than a flat solid. Her skin tone is a warm tan-peach and the facial features are simple: two small eyes, a tiny nose, a small smile. The top is a blush-to-pink long sleeve, the trousers are a deep purple with just a hint of plum depth in the shadows, and the shoes are small and dark.
Fifteen colours in this one, which is the highest in this batch. Most of em are used in the hair, the top, and the trousers where my digitising suite layered 3 values of each main colour to get the shading depth. The hair section alone uses 5 thread stops, each slightly different tone to give the curls that rounded look. Design is taller than it is wide, sitting at 2.29-to-3.81 inches wide and 4.5-to-7.5 inches tall across the 7 sizes, so its a portrait-orientation character that works well on shirt fronts and tote panel centres.
I started making character designs with natural curly hair because my customers kept asking for something that looked like their daughters. One mum told me last october she cried when she saw this because it was the first embroidery design she found where the girl had her kids actual hair type. Thats the kind of thing that makes me keep digitising.
Stitch on white, cream or any pale fabric where the skin tone, pink top and purple trousers all read clearly. Kids tees, toddler dresses, baby bibs, small totes. Skip any dark background because the peach skin tone is essential to reading the character and it disappears fast on charcoal or navy.
Use cutaway stabiliser on everything, 15 colour changes means the design needs a stable base throughout. Hoop knit or jersey fabric with a layer of fusible webbing on the back before stabilising. The curls are the densest section so slow the machine down when the thread sequence gets there. 989 density overall so dont go thin on your stabiliser choice.
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.
- Kids fashion tees celebrating natural curly hairKids tee at 6 inches for a curly-hair celebration outfit, a mum told me she cried when she found this for her daughters hair type.
- Toddler dresses and smock topsBaby shower bib at the smallest 2.29-inch size on white cotton for a gift that celebrates natural hair from the start.
- Back-to-school personalised tote bagsBack-to-school cream canvas tote at 5 inches with the girls name below in a simple rounded script.
- Baby bibs with character embroideryToddler smock dress chest on pale pink cotton at the medium size, the warm tan skin and purple trousers pop on light fabric.
- Girls bedroom cushion and pillow coverBlush pink bedroom cushion centred at the design as the main feature for a reading nook or nightstand.
- Birthday party custom tee giftsBirthday tee gift at the white cotton chest with name and age below in simple running stitch, photographs perfectly.
- Natural hair celebration nursery hoopGymnastics or dance gear bag at the medium size in the school colour for a personalised touch that the kid chose.
- Kids dance or gymnastics gear bagsNursery wall hoop at 4 inches in a pink or natural wood frame for a room celebrating curly natural hair.
Dimensions
7 sizes included. Stitch counts shown for the largest colorway.
| Size (in) | Stitches |
|---|---|
| 2.29 × 4.50 in | 14,535 |
| 2.54 × 5.00 in | 16,356 |
| 2.80 × 5.50 in | 18,380 |
| 3.05 × 6.00 in | 21,186 |
| 3.30 × 6.50 in | 23,334 |
| 3.56 × 7.00 in | 25,721 |
| 3.81 × 7.50 in | 28,256 |
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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