{"product_id":"rooster-head","title":"Rooster Head Embroidery Design, Instant Download","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter looking at about a dozen rooster designs that were all flat and cartoonish this one is nothing like that. Its a real portrait, cropped tight to the head and neck, with the comb catching the light in cherry red and the feathering built up in layers from warm cream through dark maroon to near-black. The eye has a tiny teal-green accent that looks almost out of place until you realise its the detail that keeps the face from going flat. Heavy black outlines run the whole piece, which gives it that woodcut-print quality you dont usually get in machine embroidery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSix colour stops, 5 colour changes, 194 trims in the 4.5-in piece and 214 in the largest at 5.51 inches tall. That largest file hits 73,088 stitches, which puts it solidly in the dense-project category. Use a heavy cutaway stabiliser and set your bobbin tension before you start, the black outline sections are long continuous runs and any tension slip shows immediately. Mapped through my professional tool, the directional fill on the feather layers runs each zone at a slightly different angle to its neighbours, thats the source of the depth you see in the finished hoop.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKraft-coloured apron fabric or a heavy denim shirt are where this one lives. Pick cherry red for the comb, run amber or buff for the feather body, add jet black for the outlines. One customer hooped it on a raw-edge linen apron for a farm-to-table restaurant last spring, said the heavy outlining reads from across the room. Avoid satin or silky fabric grounds, the density needs a firm weave behind it. Text me if you want the exact thread codes and Ill get em to you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour sizes, smallest at 4.51 inches wide. Not a small design.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBold stitch density. Realy striking on dark fabric.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Re Embroidery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46013226582166,"sku":null,"price":4.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0699\/6262\/9270\/files\/RoosterHeadEmbroideryDesign.png?v=1765337106","url":"https:\/\/reembroidery.com\/products\/rooster-head","provider":"Re Embroidery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}