Penguin Family Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Three gentoo penguins stood on a soft blue ice patch, two on the outer sides leaning slightly inward and one in the middle stretching up a bit taller with its head raised. The chest whites are bright and clean, the black backs are done with a smooth fill that gives em a bit of sheen, and those orange beaks and orange feet are the colour pop that really makes the whole thing warm despite being an arctic scene. The ice base is a pale sky blue oval that ties all three figures together without being too literal about it.

Eight colours and 7 stops to get through, but the file sequences em in a sensible order so its not as fiddly as it sounds. Density sits comfortable at under 29k stitches on the biggest 7.5-inch size which means its a fast stitch compared to alot of multi-colour wildlife designs. Ive run it on both woven cotton and a mid-weight fleece with a mesh topping and got clean results both times. The beaks are satin fill so check your bobbin tension before ya start those sections.

Mostly I sell this to people doing nursery decor and kids room stuff. Last october a customer ordered the 3.85-inch for a baby shower gift set, she stitched three of em onto oatmeal linen pouches and did a little bundle. Suprised me how many childrens room orders I get from this one actually, but it makes sense, penguins are one of them animals that everyone just likes.

Stitch on white, cream, pale grey or sky blue fabric for best effect. Avoid orange or coral backgrounds since the beak and feet colour vanishes against em. Use tearaway stabiliser on firm cotton and switch to cutaway for jersey or fleece. Skip fabric with a heavy nap here, the fine linework between the feather areas needs a smooth surface to read right. Pop the 2.45-inch on a bib or a babygro and save the 5.25-inch for a cushion front. One size in the middle. Done.