Mystical Night Owl Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Honestly this is the most technically ambitious single colour design I have done. The mystical night owl faces directly forward with wings spread wide across the full design width, a crescent moon sitting on its chest and star details scattered across the feather groups. Below the talons a foliage and cloud base grounds the whole composition. At the largest 7.5 inch size the stitch count hits 40,588. All in one colour.

Black thread throughout and the way the detail is acheived is entirely through directional stitching. Each feather group has its own angle, the moon sits in a flat fill against the textured wing, the foliage base uses multiple stitch densities to separate the layers. Up close under good lighting it looks genuinely three dimensional even though its all one thread colour.

Five sizes from 3.5 inches wide up to 7.5 inches, heights from 2.37 up to 5.09 inches in landscape orientation. Smallest size comes in at 18,112 stitches which is already a lot for a 3.5 inch piece. One customer told me she took nearly four hours to stitch the full 7.5 inch version and described it as the most satisfying embroidery project she'd done all year. Worth every minute.

Use this on sturdy wovens, heavy cotton, denim or canvas that can handle the stitch density. Use a cutaway stabiliser, tearaway wont hold under 40,000 stitches on anything with give. Black on black fabric is obviously going to disappear so use grey, cream, natural linen, dark navy or deep forest green to get the stitching to read. Skip jersey for the bigger sizes. Pop it on canvas if you want maximum drama.