{"product_id":"flying-mallard-duck","title":"Flying Mallard Duck Embroidery Design, Realistic Wildlife Pattern, Instant Download","description":"\u003cp\u003eWings spread wide and angled upward, both primaries fully extended like the bird just pushed off water. Upper wing surface is where most of the colour work sits. Golden-tan primaries fan out across the top, then a strip of royal blue speculum feathers cuts across the mid wing, bright and clean, the kind of blue that pops in real feathers and holds up just as well in thread. Below the speculum the underwing goes pale grey into white. Twenty-three colours to get all that right and honestly it needed every one of them. Ive digitised bird designs for years and a mallard with fewer than 20 colours always looks flat on the wing plumage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHead is deep teal-green satin with a yellow bill and a white collar ring separating it from the chest. Chest is rich red-brown, dense satin fill, then the belly goes lighter as it tucks back. Feet are pulled up behind the body, just the suggestion of orange legs trailing. Its the kind of mallard portrait where you can tell the digitiser actually knew birds, not just worked off a flat photo. Feather direction in each fill section follows the real growth angle, so when the thread catches the light the whole thing looks right.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNine sizes, 3.5 by 3.48 inches up to 7.5 by 7.45. Density is moderate at 809 stitches per square inch which keeps the stitch-out manageable at 45k on the big size. Use a medium cutaway on canvas and heavy denim, light cutaway on shirt-weight cotton. Float a topping layer on textured fabric so the fine speculum detail doesnt sink. Run at 700 to 800 SPM, the colour changes are frequent but the segments are short. A customer running a small hunting gear shop ordered the large size last autumn for a waxed canvas bag and said the blue speculum stripe reproduced exactly as it shows in the preview.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKhaki, olive, navy and dark hunter green are the natural backgrounds. Waxed canvas, denim, fleece and heavy twill all work. White looks sharp too if you want a more graphic feel rather than the traditional outdoor look. Avoid loose-weave fabrics without a cutaway backing or the fine feather lines wont hold.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmail the shop if the speculum blue looks off on your machine and Ill realign the stitch start.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Re Embroidery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46355458228374,"sku":null,"price":4.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0699\/6262\/9270\/files\/FlyingMallardDuckEmbroideryDesign.png?v=1776829812","url":"https:\/\/reembroidery.com\/products\/flying-mallard-duck","provider":"Re Embroidery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}