Jumping Whale Embroidery Design V2, Instant Download

Its a proper humpback breach, full body out of the water, almost vertical. The tail end still churns through the foam where it entered. The body is deep navy and slate grey with the characteristic white grooved underside stripes running from the chin down through the belly. Flippers sweep back wide on both sides. At the base of the leap, the wave breaks into white foam and pale blue spray that anchors the whole scene.

Six colours is deceptively simple for how much detail this has. Wilcom built the body texture using fine directional stitching rows that follow the whale's contour, which is what gives it that etching-print look rather than a flat cartoon feel. The underside striping uses white satin columns running length-wise and they stay crisp even on smaller sizes. Nine sizes from 2.48 inches wide to 5.32 inches, heights scaling 7.5 tall since the portrait orientation follows the breach angle. Smallest version at 16,976 stitches, largest at 42,456.

I drew this one for a marine biology teacher who wanted something for her classroom bags. She told me last week that 3 of her students ordered the file themselves to stitch onto their own gear, which suprised me honestly. Ocean and whale designs sell really steadily to beach towns and coastal gift shops, I cant keep up sometimes.

Stitch on light neutral fabrics grey cotton and the navy pops cleanly. Pale blue chambray or light denim also works well and gives it a nautical feel. Skip dark fabric since navy on black is basically invisible. Pair fusible mesh under woven cotton, switch to cutaway if youre hooping a knit or fleece for a beach blanket edge panel. Send a note if the file gives any trouble loading running and Ill get a fix out same day.