Romantic Cat Couple Moon Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Two cats sitting together on a crescent moon, one leaning slightly toward the other, with a string of hearts looping all the way around the outside of the moon like a garland. A lil trail of stars curves upward from one of the cats paws. The whole thing is drawn in a single red thread, outline style, no fills, so it has that hand-sketched romantic look that doesnt feel overdone or commercial. Its the kind of design that reads as sweet without trying too hard.

Done in professional embroidery software so the running stitch outlines stay consistent weight across all five sizes. One colour, no changes, 30 trims at the smallest size and 33 at the next size up. Because its all outline work the density is low at 245 stitches per square inch, which means it stitches quickly and works well on lightweight fabrics that wouldnt handle a dense fill design. The stitch count runs from 4,971 stitches in the small 3.5 build up to 12,702 at 7.5 inches, so even the largest size finishes in a reasonable amount of time.

This type of line design really suits cotton quilting fabric, linen, and light denim. Use a light tearaway stabiliser, it peels off clean behind the outline stitching without distorting the lines. Im, honestly, this is one of those designs where you dont want cutaway behind it because you can sometimes see the stabiliser through light fabrics around the outline gaps. Tearaway or a water-soluble topping for towelling.

Email me if your machine has trouble with outline tension on thin linen and Ill walk you through the bobbin adjustment. Add a test hoop on a scrap piece first if youre new to lightweight fabrics, it saves alot of frustration. Skip heavy poly blends, they dont give the delicate outline look justice. I get that question a fair bit with line-only files on lightweight fabric.

Five sizes from 3.5 by 3.22 inches up to 7.5 by 6.91 inches. Stitch the 3.5-in card size on a linen gift pouch for valentine's day, pick the 7.5-inch for a full cushion centre, or run the 5-in towel version on a tea towel corner and it looks like a boutique item. One colour, no changes needed, quick to finish on any home machine. Around valentines this year I had a run of people ordering it for fabric cards and matching gift bags, so I know it works for small batch projects without any fuss.