Patriotic Bass Fish American Flag Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Pulled this together for the fishing and hunting crowd who want something patriotic but not the standard flag rectangle. The bass is jumping, full body arc, open mouth, and behind it the flag stripes run on a slight diagonal with the ends shredded out like torn cloth. Its kinda just the right amount of rough around the edges to not look like a uniform patch.

Two colours only: navy blue for the fish body and the star corner, red for the stripes. No white thread at all, the gaps between stripes are the fabric showing through, so the ground colour really matters here. This works best on white or light grey because thats what reads as the white stripe. Ive had people ask about stitching it on black and it kinda loses the flag reading, you end up with just a blue fish on dark ground. Stick to light fabrics if you want the full effect. Skip any medium-tone khaki or tan too, the red stripes go muddy against warm neutrals.

The density on this one is really really high at 972 average, which is by design because all that detail in the bass scales and the ragged stripe edges needs tight digitising to hold shape at the smaller sizes. The 3-inch version at 11,296 stitches is genuinely compact work. Stick to light cutaway here. Avoid tearaway on this one because the fish outline is dense enough that tearing leaves residue under the stitch field on lighter shirt fabrics. Press from the back through a press cloth after stitching to flatten the satin on the stripes.

• Fishing tournament tees and caps for summer lake days
• Gear bags and tackle bag patch pockets
• 4th of july shirts for the angler in the family
• Camo jackets and vests for outdoors enthusiasts
• Cooler bags and boat cushion covers