This is a wide horizontal silhouette strip, 4 cats sitting in a line with decorative scrollwork curling around their feet. Each cat is slightly different in how its sitting, one faces right, one is turned, and they vary in size lil bit, which makes the whole row feel hand-drawn rather than copy-pasted. The tails curl out to the sides and loop into the scroll base, so theres a continuous flowing shape running left to right.
Wilcom EmbroideryStudio took the satin run-stitch sequencing so the cats stitch left to right without jumping back and forth across the hoop. Single colour, black thread, 0 colour changes, so its a really clean quick run on the machine. Stitch counts go from 3,482 at 3.5 inches wide up to 10,318 at 7.5 inches. The whole design is only about an inch tall at the narrow end, which makes it brilliant for pockets, cuffs, and narrow border applications.
A customer grabbed the 5.5-inch size last month for a set of white cotton tea towels and stitched it along the hem border. It looked like something from a proper boutique cat-themed kitchen range. Pair it with polymesh under the silhouette even for lighter fabrics since the long horizontal span can pull without support. Run the bobbin thread in a matching grey so the back looks neat on items where both sides show.
Pick the smallest size for shirt pockets and the largest for tote bags or pillow inserts. And its totally fine to use black on a coloured fabric, white thread on dark fabrics looks just as sharp.
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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.
- Tea towel and kitchen linen hem bordersThe narrow horizontal format fits perfectly along the folded hem of a flour-sack tea towel in a single pass
- Shirt and jacket pocket accent stitchingAt 3.5 inches wide it drops straight into a standard chest pocket area on a shirt without needing repositioning
- Cat-themed tote bag front panelsStitched across the lower front of a canvas tote the row of 4 cats makes a fun minimal statement without filling the whole bag
- Pillowcase edge borders for cat loversRun it along the open edge of a pillowcase on white cotton percale for a subtle cat-lover detail
- Baby onesie chest or cuff bandsWorks on a baby onesie cuff in white thread on a coloured base since its low stitch count means minimal pull on stretch fabric with a good topping
- Framed hoop art on natural linenThe long narrow proportions work well in a 4x8-inch hoop mounted on linen and framed horizontally
Dimensions
5 sizes included. Stitch counts shown for the largest colorway.
| Size (in) | Stitches |
|---|---|
| 3.50 × 0.93 in | 3,482 |
| 4.50 × 1.20 in | 4,888 |
| 5.50 × 1.47 in | 6,473 |
| 6.50 × 1.73 in | 8,294 |
| 7.50 × 2.01 in | 10,318 |
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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