Scarlet Macaw Parrot Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Scarlet macaw in side profile, perched and alert. The body is a deep scarlet red running from the chest all the way through the wing coverts, then stepping down through golden yellow into lime green as you move toward the flight feathers. A bright strip of cobalt blue and turquoise closes out the tail. Nine colours in total, and the way they layer across the feathers is whats making this one different.

The hooked beak is cream with a dark upper ridge, and the eye has a small white patch with that thin bare ring you see on real macaws. The biggest size runs 7.51 inches wide by 5.67 tall, and at that scale the feather columns are well separated and colour transitions look smooth. Down at 3.51 inches things compress but the red-to-yellow-to-green progression still reads clearly on finished fabric.

I drew the design last october because my previous macaw design had only 5 colours and people kept asking if Id do a richer version with full plumage. Birds in particular attract buyers who want the actual colours to look right, not just approximate. A bird keeper in a facebook group Id posted in messaged me saying she ran the 6-inch chest on a canvas tote and the reds came out exactly the colour of her birds wing patch. Thats the kind of feedback that tells you youve got it right.

Best on white, cream, or natural fabric so all 9 colours read properly. Black backgrounds work too but youll lose a bit of the lime green detail. Avoid dark navy because the cobalt tail almost vanishes against it. Use a firm cutaway stabiliser, 28,000 stitches at the big size needs solid backing. Hoop taut and ease the speed on the multi-colour feather runs.

The feather layers are built with directional satin columns that shift angle at each colour zone, giving the gradients depth. Keep thread tension balanced and dont skip the colour-change pauses. my main digitising tool laid this out cleanly so each section locks in before the next builds over it. Stitch in the digitised order and the colours wont bleed. Email me the result if you stitch this one and Id love to share it.