So this is the cute rainbow-hair baby bird and shes basically a tiny round owl with way too much personality. Big lashed anime eyes, a teeny orange beak, and a body in soft mint blue with that scratchy hand-drawn black outline. Two little orange feet planted forward like shes posing for a photo.
The whole rainbow business is happening up top. Pink, orange, yellow, green, blue and teal threads stream out the head in long swooshing curls like windblown hair. A pink polka-dot bow sits cocked over the left side, kind of off-centre on purpose. The mint feather chest has those little V marks for fluff and the wings tuck in close. Honestly the bow detail is what makes it.
I drew this one for kids stuff first but its been ordered for adult things too. My niece sent me a pic of it on her makeup bag last summer, and one customer ran 12 of these on tote bags for a kindergarten end-of-year giveaway. The colour count is 12 so its a long stitch but theres no fancy thread tricks needed.
Pick cream, oatmeal, or pale grey for the fabric so the rainbow hair pops without fighting the cloth. Skip black or navy because the mint body kinda disappears on dark fabric. White cotton is fine but cream makes alot more sense visually.
Use a medium-weight cutaway under the heaviest fill, the tiny beak area and the dark eye stack are where stitches stack up, and slow the machine through stops 8 and 10. A mesh stabiliser works well on a tee, regular cutaway on canvas. So thats the only real thing to watch, the rest just runs.
What people are using this design for
A starting point. The design works for plenty more than just this list, this is what folks have stitched it onto most.
- Childrens tees and small topsSits centre chest on a 2T or 3T tee and the rainbow hair fills the front nicely.
- Baby bibs and burp clothsStitch the 3.5 inch size on a flat-front bib so the bow doesnt get bunched in the neck binding.
- Tote bags and library bagsFront pocket of a canvas library bag, mesh stab on the back layer, runs clean every time.
- Makeup pouches and pencil casesThe 4 inch fits a standard makeup case face panel without crowding the seam.
- Nursery wall hoopsPop it in a 6 inch hoop, mount on linen, and its instant nursery wall art.
- Kindergarten gifts in bulkI sewed 12 of these for a class gift run, took about 40 minutes each on the small size.
Dimensions
9 sizes included. Stitch counts shown for the largest colorway.
| Size (in) | Stitches |
|---|---|
| 3.50 × 3.14 in | 15,638 |
| 4.00 × 3.58 in | 18,298 |
| 4.50 × 4.03 in | 21,838 |
| 5.00 × 4.48 in | 24,458 |
| 5.50 × 4.93 in | 27,846 |
| 6.00 × 5.38 in | 31,326 |
| 6.50 × 5.83 in | 35,257 |
| 7.00 × 6.28 in | 39,273 |
| 7.50 × 6.73 in | 43,231 |
Files & Formats
Eight machine formats included in one zip. Whichever your machine reads, its in the pack.
Plus a color chart for thread matching. See full format guide.
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