Cute Penguin Embroidery Design, Kawaii Baby Machine Pattern

Heres the kawaii baby penguin with the big round eyes that pretty much take up half his face. He stands front on with stubby flippers a bit out, a tiny smile and a little tuft of hair sticking up that gives him alot of personality. The outline is thick black satin so the design holds up at the small 3.5 inch sizes too.

The belly runs a creamy off white with thin shading lines, and two pink blush dots on the cheeks pop nicely without going overboard. I kept the stitch density lower on the white belly so its soft and not too heavy on baby fabric. Bold cartoon outlines do all the heavy lifting, only 2 thread colours total which makes it a quick stitch.

I built this one for the kid friendly tshirt and backpack crowd, not delicate newborn pieces. Last summer a customer ordered 4 of these for her toddlers daycare class, one for each kid, and she sent me photos of every backpack with the penguin chest height and clearly readable. It realy works on canvas lunch totes too because the bold outline reads from a distance.

Stitch on white, mint, pale grey, soft yellow or sky blue cotton tee fabric, fleece, canvas tote material and quilters cotton. The two-colour palette pops on any pale solid. Skip dark navy or black, the black outline disappears into the background. Avoid heavy patterned fabric since the penguin already carries its own bold lines.

Use a medium cutaway stabiliser on knits, double layer if youre stitching the 7.5 inch size on stretch jersey. Pre wash any baby fabric first so it doesnt shrink around the embroidery later. 9 sizes from 3.5 to 7.5 inches, 2 colours, max 20,918 stitches. Run polyester thread so the colours wash up well after every wash cycle.