Duck Family Walking Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Its a horizontal design, which is the first thing worth knowing. The mother duck takes up the left side, facing right, with that proper mallard colouring going on. Teal green head that shifts to dark navy in the feather detail, a pale rose-pink breast, grey-brown wing texture. Then behind her in a neat little queue are 4 ducklings, each one a round fluffy pale yellow with tiny black eyes and orange feet, slightly smaller than the last as if theyre getting younger the further back you go.

15 colours but the palette is earthy and natural so the stops feel logical. The adult mallard has the most detail with directional feather stitching on the wing sections and a satin-run iridescent effect on the head area. The ducklings are simpler fills but still properly rendered, the little orange feet are a separate satin pass and they come out really clean. Stitch count tops out at about 11,700 on the biggest size which is 3.07 inches tall by 7.5 wide, so plan your hoop orientation before you start. Use medium cutaway on anything woven, same on knits, even for the smaller sizes because the mallard head area has a decent density for how compact the figures are. Skip tear-away entirely on knit fabric or the dense head section will lift at the edges.

I hear from buyers about this often from people doing nursery projects and farm-themed kitchen sets. A customer late last year stitched the smallest size as a repeating border on a set of 4 tea towels and said it was the best-received gift of the whole holiday season. Text me if theres a sizing question because the horizontal format catches some people out when planning placement on smaller items.