{"product_id":"graceful-koi-fish","title":"Graceful Koi Fish Embroidery Design, Instant Download","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe koi is shown mid-glide with its big fan tail spread out behind it, the fins almost filling the bottom half of the design. Body colour is a sandy warm peach with salmon-pink scale markings layered on top, ya get that proper carp colouration without it looking too literal or flat. A golden-yellow accent runs along the upper fin edges, and then theres a ring of small green leafy sprigs and round berry clusters framing the whole fish, which makes it feel more like sea-art than a plain animal illustration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilcom handled the digitising for the fin layering, which was the tricky bit. The fan fins are digitised in open satin columns with underlay running underneath so they dont pucker on lighter fabrics. Density sits at 572, which is on the lighter end for a 7-colour file, meaning this one works well on cotton voile, linen, and even a silky-feel cotton without the fabric buckling up. Use a cutaway stabiliser under the body area because of the dense scale work, but the outer fins can handle tearaway if youre doing a bordered placement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 sizes from 3.22 inches up to 6.91 inches wide, with stitch counts ranging from 12,324 to 29,643. 3 colours and nine sizes would be simpler to run but having 7 stops is what gives the fish that layered, almost watercolour quality. The directional satin on the scales runs curved rather than straight across, so the fish body reads as rounded instead of angular. Stitch the smaller size on a tote pocket or shirt cuff, and run the 6-inch version on a linen cushion cover or wall panel. Pair it with warm cream or natural oatmeal fabric so the peach and amber tones have space to show up properly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA customer asked me last year about doing this on a beach bag in natural jute-style canvas and it came out really well, the warm sandy tones of the peach thread matched the fabric colour so the fish seemed to come out of the material rather than sit on top of it. Add topping over any textured fabric to stop the satin columns sinking into the weave. Ping me if you need a version with less background foliage or want to talk thread substitutions for the scale colours.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Re Embroidery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46326330982550,"sku":null,"price":4.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0699\/6262\/9270\/files\/GracefulKoiFishEmbroideryDesign.png?v=1775293845","url":"https:\/\/reembroidery.com\/products\/graceful-koi-fish","provider":"Re Embroidery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}