Peeking Cats Trio Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Three kittens peeking over a ledge. Thats really the whole concept and it works better than it has any right to. The centre cat is sitting up fullest, big round eyes staring straight at you, little paws folded over the ledge line. The two flanking cats are kinda lower down, just their eyes and the tops of their heads and their paws gripping the edge, like theyre trying to stay hidden and failing at it completely. All three have tabby striping done in dense directional line stitching so the fur texture actually reads as fur.

Its a single-colour design, just black throughout. One colour, zero colour changes. I genuinely like doing single-colour pieces for this kinda subject because it forces you to get the linework realy right since theres nowhere to hide behind fills. Wilcom pulled some tight satin columns on the whisker lines and the eye outlines, which is what makes em pop at small sizes aswell as large. Cute and kawaii but not sickly sweet about it. 4 sizes from 2.59 by 4.5 inches at 16,473 stitches up to 4.3 by 7.5 inches at 26,783 stitches.

I run a small cat cafe pop-up shop and we started using this design on our staff aprons last october after a customer saw my test stitch on a tote and basically wouldnt leave until I told her where to get it. Since then Ive been stitching it on cream canvas pouches and selling em at the counter. The peeking composition sits naturally on horizontal items because of how wide the design is, think tote front panels, apron pockets, zip pouch faces, the front band of a baseball cap.

Stitch on cream, oatmeal, sand, or light grey fabric for the strongest contrast. Avoid dark backgrounds here because the single black thread just disappears and you lose all that lovely fur detail. Use a tearaway stabiliser on firm woven cotton or canvas. Switch to a cutaway on any stretch fabric because the density is 830 and it needs proper backing to keep the whisker satin columns from tunnelling.

Pair it on items where people will see it up close, the stripe detail really rewards a closer look. A 4.3-inch on a tote front panel, a 2.59-inch on a cap front panel, or the middle size on a cushion cover all work well. Skip putting it on anything with a strong pattern in the weave because single-colour line art gets swallowed by busy backgrounds.