Giraffe Star Embroidery Design, Kids Safari Machine Embroidery, Instant Download

Kids designs with safari animals are a staple and this giraffe with the star element gives it enough of a twist to stand out from the ya standard giraffe silhouette. Made it last march as part of a nursery batch -- a customer came back twice to order it in different sizes for matching items so thats always a good sign. Twelve colour stops across warm amber, cream patches, soft brown, pink ear accents and a yellow-blue star -- 3 colours + nine shades when you count all the spot and highlight variations. Five sizes, 3.5 to 7.5 inches, stitch count 14,723 to 40,703.

Density is 810 per square inch which is on the lighter side and thats deliberate -- lighter density on a kids design means the fabric stays soft after washing, important on onesies and bibs that go through a bunch of laundry cycles. Use a tearaway stabiliser on cotton knit, a cutaway on any fleece or terry. The satin stitch sections on the ear inner and eye highlights are lil areas but they need a good hooped base or they buckle on stretch fabrics.

Twelve colours sounds like alot but the giraffe body fill is the longest sequence -- once thats done the rest are quick accent stops. Add a stabiliser topping over towelling fabrics to stop the loops catching the satin ear sections. The 4 inch version is great on toddler tees chest-centred, the 5 inch on a drawstring play bag or a nursery cot quilt block works well. Avoid very tight stretch fabric under 4 inches -- the spot fill detail loses definition on high-stretch knit when the fabric relaxes after hooping.