Fun Meowy Christmas Cat Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Mocked up this design for the cat owners who find regular Christmas stuff a bit too earnest. The face is a tuxedo cat, black outer fur and white inner muzzle, with two intensely half-lidded eyes that give it that classic cat look of absolute self-satisfaction. White whisker lines radiate out from both sides of the muzzle in long satin stitches. Little red nose dot sits central.

On top of the head is a red Santa hat, a simple two-shape build with a satin red body and a white fluffy pompom trim at the tip. The hat tilts slightly, just a few degrees, which gives it a relaxed attitude rather than a proper Christmas-card feel. Red satin sunglasses sit across the eyes, chunky frames with two simple lens outlines, and they cover just enough of the eyes to look ridiculous in the best way.

Above the face, in a tight upward arc, "Meowy" runs in a curly hand-lettered script with long swash entry and exit strokes. Below, "Christmas" follows the same script in a mirroring downward arc. Both words are chunky enough to hold at small sizes but the long swash strokes mean theyre really at their best from 5 inches up. Twelve paw prints are scattered in the remaining space, each one a small central pad with four toe beans, filled solid in black. Three colours total, thats why this one stitches out cleaner than it looks. I get messages from cat owners saying its faster to set up than they expected given how detailed the face looks.

Goes brilliantly on sweatshirt fabric, cotton canvas and denim. Use a cutaway stabiliser on anything stretchy and tearaway on stiff cotton. Skip lightweight linens, they cant handle the density across the face area without pulling. Keep your machine speed at 80 percent or under through the face section, its dense at 861 per inch and doesnt forgive uneven tension. If the sunglasses frames come out thinner than expected on the small size, pop a message and ill advise on thread weight.