Cute Squirrel Embroidery Design, Instant Download

This is the lil cartoon squirrel and hes basically all tail and cheeks. Sitting upright on his back paws. Curly bushy tail looping behind him like a question mark. Cream belly, chestnut brown body, two big black eyes that take up half his face. Hes holding an acorn against his chest like its the best thing he has found all week.

The whole drawing is done in that round chibi style. No sharp angles anywhere. Bold black outlines hold every shape together and inside those outlines you get gentle directional satin fills that follow the body curve. Tail uses a longer satin column so it picks up light differently to the body fur, which is what gives it that fluffy bunch-of-feathers look. Acorn cap is mossy green tatami, the nut itself is a deeper warm tan.

I drew this one for my niece last autumn because she kept asking for a squirrel for her school bag and the regular wildlife designs were way too realistic for a six year old. Now Im getting messages from teachers and daycare mums about it pretty much every week. One customer stitched a bunch of em on matching tote bags for a forest-school class trip and ya the photos were honestly really cute.

Best fabrics are smooth woven cotton, light fleece for baby blankets, or a soft brushed sweatshirt. Cream, sage green, butter yellow and pale pink all let those chestnut tones pop nicely. Skip dark navy or black because the brown fur loses contrast and the design goes muddy. Pop a small size on a kids onesie or a beanie cuff for max cute factor.

This squirrel is dense at the bigger sizes, around 60k stitches on the 7.5 feature, so use a heavy cutaway stabiliser on jersey or fleece. Tear-away is fine on woven cotton. Hoop tight, drop a layer of water-soluble topping on towelling or terry to stop the white belly sinking. Ping me if your machine throws errors on the file, ill resend a fresh copy fast.