{"product_id":"i-am-black-history-butterfly","title":"I Am Black History Butterfly Afro Woman Embroidery Design, Instant Download","description":"\u003cp\u003eTheres a womans silhouette facing left, her profile clean and composed, and the real action is up in her hair. The afro is enormous, filling the top half of the design, and inside that shape run three horizontal stripes: red at the top, yellow through the middle, green at the base. Small black butterfly silhouettes scatter off the edges of the hair like theyre rising. Below the figure the words break into two lines, cursive script at the top reading I am Black and then HISTORY in solid white block capitals underneath.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour colours, three of them being the Pan-African flag palette plus white for the text. The butterfly cutouts are black-on-black against the dark fabric which is why this one really wants a dark base cloth. Im digitising the hair section with directional tatami to get the stripe layers crisp without the fills bleeding into each other at the border rows. Wilcom held 44k stitches on the 7.5-inch size clean, and the density at 806 is on the heavier side so give it a proper cutaway stabiliser underneath.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI made this originally for a youth leadership programme run by a community centre in march. They wanted something that wasnt generic, something that felt like it was speaking to the young women in the group specifically. Since then its been picked up by a lil lot of natural hair care brands doing event merch and by a few teachers who wanted an end-of-term gift tee for their students. The butterflies were the detail people kept mentioning, thats the bit that makes it feel specific rather than just decorative.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRun this on black, charcoal or deep navy cotton or jersey for full effect. The butterfly outlines rely on contrast between the black cutout shapes and the background so pale fabric wont give you the same read. Stitch on a medium-weight linen tote for a softer more artisan feel. Use cutaway stabiliser on all fabric types at this stitch count, skip tearaway here because the 44k density will pull the stabiliser edges on stretch fabrics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Re Embroidery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46276891639958,"sku":null,"price":4.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0699\/6262\/9270\/files\/IAmBlackHistoryButterflyAfroWomanEmbroideryDesign.png?v=1772704675","url":"https:\/\/reembroidery.com\/products\/i-am-black-history-butterfly","provider":"Re Embroidery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}