{"product_id":"elegant-feather-lady","title":"Elegant Feather Lady Embroidery Design, Instant Download","description":"\u003cp\u003eWorked this up from an art nouveau reference. The woman's silhouette is rendered simply, a refined face in profile, hair swept up, and then the feathers take over the top third of the composition. They fan outward in a wide arc, each one drawn with long satin columns that shade from dark at the base to light at the tip. Thats the part that makes this feel different from a standard portrait, the feathers read like real feathers in thread form, with that natural vane-and-barb texture the stitching creates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSix colours and a light density of 468, which keeps the thread flat without that stiff boardy feel you'll get from over-dense digitising. Smallest hoop is 7,961 stitches at 3.5 inches, topping out at 23,717 at the 7-in cap. Each feather plume uses a split-fill with a running-stitch spine down the quill centre, so the individual shapes stay clean even at 3.5 inches. Skin tone comes from peach and warm sand layered in a low-density topstitch, not a solid fill, so it lays soft and doesnt bulk the face section.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLast autumn a customer wanted a fashion portrait for satin pochettes she was making as market stock. She told me she needed something that felt like a collectors illustration rather than a novelty. This one was her pick and she came back requesting 3 different colourways as custom orders off the back of it. Hoop the medium size on champagne satin and you can see exactly why it worked for her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse cream, ivory, or champagne satin for the full art nouveau effect. Its also strong on matte black fabric where the ivory thread has maximum contrast. Run a water-soluble topping and a cutaway stabiliser underneath for silk or organza. Slow the machine on the feather sections and keep your bobbin tension consistent throughout. Skip heavy fabrics like denim or canvas, theyre too stiff for the delicate plume detail at smaller sizes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9 sizes running 3.5 inch at smallest, 7.5 at biggest, all 8 machine formats in the file. And if you hit trouble with a size just drop me a line.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Re Embroidery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45843792101526,"sku":null,"price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0699\/6262\/9270\/files\/ElegantFeatherLadyMachineEmbroideryDesign.png?v=1763269961","url":"https:\/\/reembroidery.com\/products\/elegant-feather-lady","provider":"Re Embroidery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}