This chicken was a bunch of fun to digitise. My neighbour keeps hens and one of em, a fat speckled girl named Ethel, always tilts her head sideways at me like shes judging my outfit. Sketched her last summer with reading glasses cause it just fit the energy. The googly side-eye expression took me four passes to land right. Glad I kept at it.
Pack contains nine sizes from 3.5 reaching 7.5 inches wide, with stitch counts running 18,706 up to 46,693 on the biggest hoop. 14 colours total, the hen body needs cream, white, and grey shading, plus red for the comb and wattle, orange legs, black for the glasses frames and pupils, green grass, and a bit of lavender and yellow for the floral accent. Density sits at 1132 spi which keeps the small face details clean on midweight cotton. Im rooting for any embroiderer who hoops tight. Im happy with how this stitched up. Thats the bit that ate most digitising hours.
Back with cutaway. Hoop firm. Pop a 75/11 sharp embroidery needle in. Run the body fill first, then wing feathers, the comb, the legs and grass, then the pupils and frames last. The order matters cause the glasses sit on top of the beak and if you stitch em first the beak fill will push em out of alignment.
Customers tell me they love this on chicken keeper aprons and kids tees, and one lady customised hers with her own hens name in 2 inch lettering below. You can absolutely do that with most embroidery software, just leave a gap below the grass line. Try it on lightweight denim too, the colours really really pop on indigo.
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.
- Chicken keeper apronChicken-keeper apron bib for my neighbour who runs a backyard coop, the goofy side-eye matches her hen Ethel almost exactly.
- Farm tee left chestLeft-chest farm tee for a small-flock owner, the small glasses frames need a sharp 75/11 to keep the frame edges crisp.
- Kitchen towel cornerKitchen-towel corner two inches up for visibility above the dish drainer, mid-weight cutaway handles the floppy comb edge clean.
- Tote bag farm marketReads as character-driven rather than generic farm cute, which a chicken-keeper club president said when she picked it up six market totes.
- Throw pillow farmhouseLinen farmhouse pillow centred two inches above the lower seam, the warm farmhouse palette settles into cream upholstery without clashing.
- Sweatshirt centre printCotton sweatshirt centred for a poultry-club secretary who wanted a gift for her board members, skip topping on smooth fleece.
- Quilt centre blockMy customer asked for the quilt-block centre patch to anchor a sampler with farmhouse plaid borders for her sister-in-laws birthday.
Dimensions
9 sizes included. Stitch counts shown for the largest colorway.
| Size (in) | Stitches |
|---|---|
| 3.50 × 2.56 in | 18,706 |
| 4.00 × 2.93 in | 21,808 |
| 4.50 × 3.30 in | 24,944 |
| 5.00 × 3.67 in | 28,229 |
| 5.50 × 4.03 in | 31,637 |
| 6.00 × 4.40 in | 35,285 |
| 6.50 × 4.76 in | 39,014 |
| 7.00 × 5.13 in | 42,891 |
| 7.50 × 5.50 in | 46,693 |
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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