Just a rooster. But this rooster is absolutely losing its mind. The body is full black silhouette with wild scratchy feather texture all over, the kind of linework that looks like someone drew it fast and frantic on purpose. Wild feathers stick out in every direction from the neck and chest. The tail curves up dramatically to the right in a big fan shape. Two enormous circular eyes sit in the face with bright white pupils staring dead ahead like the bird just saw something it cant process.
One colour. Black. Zero colour changes. You load the file, press go, and the machine runs until its done. Smallest size is 10,831 stitches at 3.5 by 2.66 inches, biggest is 34,201 stitches at 7.5 by 5.68 inches. Density averages 803, comfortable for a single-colour design, the sketchy feather texture distributes the mass well. Wilcom kept the satin column work tight on the eye rings so they dont go oval even at the smallest size.
People keep finding this one when theyre customising farm-themed merch or personalising country kitchen stuff. A customer in april bought the 5-inch for her chicken coop apron and told me her actual chickens were frightened of it, which I honestly thought was brilliant. I also get messages from people doing country-humour tee shirts for rural markets and its realy popular there aswell. Its the kind of design that doesnt need explaining to people.
Works best on white, cream, or light grey fabric where the black silhouette pops hard. Put it on a pale linen apron and the rooster reads from across a kitchen. Avoid dark fabric here unless youre adding a white underlay first. Use cutaway stabiliser, the density on the big sizes builds up in the feather body sections and it needs anchoring. Hoop firmly and keep speed steady through the scratchy textures so the needle doesnt skip. Bobbin tension at normal is fine.
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.
- Kitchen apron bib center5-inch centred on a cotton apron bib; cutaway stabiliser, 40wt polyester in red, orange, and yellow tail palette.
- Denim tote farmers market bag5-inch on a denim tote front; medium cutaway underneath, topping on denim weave to keep beak and eye crisp.
- Country kitchen tea towel4-inch on a cotton kitchen towel; tearaway stabiliser on woven cotton, cold wash to protect satin tail fills.
- Jeans back pocket accent3.5-in feature on a jeans back pocket; hoop the pocket panel flat with cutaway, slow through comb detail section.
- Farm stand canvas banner7-inch on a canvas banner panel; heavy cutaway stabiliser, standard 40wt thread, slow machine at 600spm.
- Mens work shirt chest pocket3.5-inch on left chest of a work shirt; cutaway on cotton twill, topping if fabric has any surface texture.
- Barn quilt square applique5-inch on a quilted barn quilt square; cutaway stabiliser on quilting cotton, test colour sequence on scrap first.
Dimensions
9 sizes included. Stitch counts shown for the largest colorway.
| Size (in) | Stitches |
|---|---|
| 3.50 × 2.66 in | 10,831 |
| 4.00 × 3.03 in | 13,249 |
| 4.50 × 3.41 in | 15,799 |
| 5.00 × 3.79 in | 18,537 |
| 5.50 × 4.17 in | 21,061 |
| 6.00 × 4.55 in | 24,153 |
| 6.50 × 4.93 in | 27,238 |
| 7.00 × 5.31 in | 30,726 |
| 7.50 × 5.68 in | 34,201 |
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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