Rasta Woman Profile Embroidery Design, Reggae Culture Machine Embroidery Pattern, Instant Download

Its a side portrait facing right, and the whole composition is built around those dreadlocks. They fan upward and out from the crown in long loose strands, digitised in the 3 rasta colours. Red sits at the top of the locks, yellow in the middle band, and dark green carries through the lower section and into the neck line and shoulders. digitising tools pulled a clean satin column on the jaw and chin so the face reads as a woman not just a flat shape.

I made this one back in may last year for a vendor who runs a stall at a reggae festival in august every summer. She wanted something for the tote bags she sells at the gate and she sent me photos in september once the event wrapped, the bags gone by saturday morning. And thats kind of the thing with this design, it works on its own at any size. Five sizes come in the file, starting at 3 inches wide and scaling up to 7.01 inches, and the count climbs from just under 6,000 stitches at the small end up to around 14,800 at the largest.

Best results on natural cotton or canvas. Stitch the 7-inch on a cream tote or linen shopping bag and the colours pop without needing a dark background. Pop a 4-inch on a bucket hat brim for a festival-ready piece. Use tearaway stabiliser on woven cotton, and if youre going on a knit like jersey swap to cutaway so the locks stay crisp and dont pull. The thread sequence is simple: 2 colour changes and 17 trims on the smallest size, so machine time is quick.

Avoid really busy patterned grounds here. The design reads best on solid fabrics where the 3 bold bands of red, yellow and green have room to register. Pair it with a simple back print or leave the piece clean on its own. Holler at me if you have any trouble getting the file to load and Ill get you sorted same session.