A flour-sack dish towel is honestly where this one lives. Hoop up a piece of cream linen or cotton canvas, drop it right in the centre, and youve got a kitchen towel that makes people stop and read it twice. The rooster sits on top of the whole badge layout, rendered with alot of feather detail. Dark brown and black tail feathers, a slate blue wing patch, cream and white body fill, red comb, burnt orange saddle, and those bright yellow legs standing on a tiny ground shadow. Its not a cartoon rooster. Its closer to the kind of illustration youd find on an old country store sign.
Below the bird, the text arches in big dark-brown slab-serif block letters spelling out the name, with "Cooking Cussing & Chaos" in cursive underneath and a little censored symbol cluster on the right thats kind of the whole joke. Cant help but smile at it. The density through the lettering is solid, around 573 stitches per square centimetre, so the brown satin columns sit crisp without puckering on a heavy twill or denim apron. Use a cutaway stabiliser under denim and cotton canvas. Topping helps the satin lettering stay defined. The 5 inch version fits a kitchen apron bib without crowding the edges, and the 7.5 inch looks right on a large flour-sack towel laid flat across the full panel. A woman I sold this to last week put the 6 inch on a natural canvas tote she takes to the farmers market, said it starts more conversations than anything else in her stall. Hoop tight, centre carefully, and let the directional stitch angles on the rooster feathers do the talking.
Ping me if the outline wont sit clean.
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.
- Flour-sack dish towelThe 7.5 inch fills a full flour-sack panel without spilling off the weave, and that cream background really makes the dark brown pop.
- Kitchen apron bibStitch the 5 inch on a natural canvas apron bib and it sits centre without crowding the ties.
- Canvas tote bagPop this on a natural cotton tote for a farmers market gift that people actually keep and reuse.
- Denim chef apronA denim chef apron takes the detail well with cutaway stabiliser and topping keeping those satin columns sharp.
- Cotton tea towel gift setPair two towels with different colourways in a cotton muslin gift bag for an easy housewarming set.
- Framed hoop art for kitchenHoop an 8 inch embroidery hoop with natural linen, stitch the 7.5 inch, trim and frame for a kitchen wall piece.
- Farmhouse oven mitt panelIron-on stabiliser the oven mitt panel flat before hooping so the badge lands centred every time.
Dimensions
5 sizes included. Stitch counts shown for the largest colorway.
| Size (in) | Stitches |
|---|---|
| 3.50 × 3.09 in | 12,661 |
| 4.50 × 3.98 in | 16,499 |
| 5.50 × 4.86 in | 20,506 |
| 6.50 × 5.74 in | 24,193 |
| 7.50 × 6.63 in | 28,489 |
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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