Decorative Hummingbird Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Hummingbird hovering in teal green and ruby red, wings stretched wide and curved slightly forward like the bird is mid-beat, beak pointing downward at an angle like its about to reach a flower just outside the bottom of the frame. Tail feathers fan out behind in a loose spread, each one individually outlined. The whole posture captures that frozen-in-motion quality that makes hummingbirds genuinely hard to digitise cleanly.

Six colours: the main body and head are iridescent teal green with a deep emerald accent along the spine and wing edges where the shadow falls, ruby red on the throat patch which is the colour flash these birds are known for, warm ivory on the underbelly, charcoal black for the beak and outline work, and a dusty rose touch on the inner wing area. The feather fills use directional underlay stitching along the barb direction, so the surface reads like actual feathers rather than a flat coloured block. Density is 325, light enough that the colours blend without muddying at any scale.

This runs large. Smallest of the 4 sizes is 7.51 inches wide and 5.54 tall, the largest goes to 10.5 by 7.76 inches. Stitch range is 19,776 to 26,508, moderate for the footprint, professional tools kept the density controlled so even at 10 inches you arent fighting 60k stitches.

A customer messaged me last spring asking for a hummingbird that didnt look like a bumper sticker. She wanted the decorative quality of something on a vintage botanical print, for a garden-theme quilt project. Use it on white, cream, sage green or pale blue fabric where the teal body really sings. Dark backgrounds work aswell, the ruby throat stays legible against charcoal or navy. Use cutaway stabiliser on most base fabrics, the wings have enough dense fill that tearaway alone can shift the fill angles during the run. Hoop the fabric firm, the wing spans reach close to the hoop edges on the largest size.

Four sizes, 8 machine formats, all in one zip. Message me with any file questions and ill rebalance the density if needed, same day.