Cute Safari Animal Stack Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Four safari animals kinda just balanced on top of each other like they thought its a completely normal thing to do. The big blue elephant is on the bottom doing all the heavy lifting, trunk curling up happily. The bubblegum pink hippo sits on his back, a lil wobbly-looking but clearly fine with it. Then comes the striped zebra balanced on the hippo, and right on top is the golden lion cub grinning down at everyone like he planned the whole thing. Its stacked vertically so the design is tall and narrow, perfect for bib chests and cushion centres.

14 colours and the software I use did a truly solid job of keeping all the tones clean and separate. The zebra stripes get digitised with tight satin columns, theres no bleed between the pale white and the black bands. The hippos pink body uses a gentle tatami fill with soft shading around the belly to give it a rounded shape. Lion cubs mane sits in separate directional sections so it fans out convincingly. The elephants smooth underlay stitching keeps the blue flat and even, which is the trickiest bit to get right at small sizes. Smallest size is 3.5 inches and all four animals still read clearly. Biggest runs to 7.5 inches with around 51k stitches.

I first digitised this last year for a safari nursery mural project, one customer wanted it on a set of cushions in different sizes going down the cot side. She kept customising the background colour on each one and she wasnt finished till shed ordered four. Now I see it coming up on kids room wall hoops, baby shower sets, zoo volunteer tees, the lot. Use a firm cutaway stabiliser whatever fabric ya choose, the column count is moderate but the character stack is tall and needs to stay properly hooped top to bottom. Stitch on white cotton for clearest colour, cream fleece for a softer nursery piece, or a pale sage canvas tote. Pop the small size on a baby bib and the whole tower fits nicely below the chin.