Cute & Realistic Ostrich Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Two realistic ostriches side by side, a dusty pink female and a blue-grey teal male, both staring at you like they got caught mid-conversation. She has that muted pink neck, pale tones around the face, and droopy eyelash feathers at the crown that give her a permanently unimpressed look. Hes got a bright coral beak and a big orange-rimmed eye that takes up way too much of his face in the best way.

Each neck is built in rows of directional satin fills stacked at different angles so you get that layered scruffy texture ostriches actually have. The lash feathers at the crown on both birds are individual chain-stitch lines rather than fill shapes, so they keep that wispy separate quality. Ten colours and 32,878 stitches on the largest size. I realise this sounds like a lot but the stitch time goes quickly because the fills are all directional runs rather than dense satin blocks.

Smallest size is 3.5 by 2.97 inches, biggest is 7.5 by 6.37. Wide format suits cushion covers and framing well. Its the kind of design where people stop and look twice because at a glance it reads as a photo print. Drop midweight cutaway behind and run a light topping on surface-textured fabric so the fine crown lash detail doesnt fill. She sent me a photo last month of the large size framed in a natural linen hoop and it looked like a naturalist museum print, honestly couldnt tell it wasnt a printed poster at first glance.

Use cream, white, pale linen or soft grey backgrounds. Skip warm-yellow fabrics because they wash out the female's pink tones. Both birds have enough mid-tone feathering to read well on light to mid-tone fabric but go too dark and the blue-grey male drops out. Match your bobbin colour to the pink fills on the female's neck since those tones show through on lightweight fabric.