{"product_id":"stylish-african-woman-dreadlocks","title":"Stylish African Woman with Dreadlocks Embroidery Design, Instant Download","description":"\u003cp\u003eHer locs carry the whole portrait. They spill out from the top of the composition in thick auburn ropes, loose and falling every direction, with darker brown shading sitting in the grooves between each one. The headwrap bands across the forehead in diagonal stripes, red at the top edge, teal and gold beneath it. Oversized square sunglasses sit low on the nose, grey lens fill with a cream frame edge. Red lips, bold and glossy looking. One gold hoop earring visible on the right. The background trails off into brushstroke teal and khaki, like someone painted it and stopped mid-stroke.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10 colours and 9 thread stops on this one. Its the most complex design I digitise for the natural hair and locs category, and honestly I reckon its also the best one. My client at a locs salon in south london had it stitched onto the shop tote bags last summer, the 5.37-inch size on black cotton. Customers kept asking where the bags were from and she ended up restocking them twice in three months.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe loc texture gets proper directional stitching, each loc gets its own stitch angle so they look round and textured rather than flat. The skin shading uses geometric crosshatch fills from professional digitising tools, giving the face depth without needing photorealistic colour blending. Dense design, 58k stitches at the 7.5 wide max size, so use a sturdy cutaway stabiliser underneath and slow your machine speed on the face section where the density hits peak. Hoop firm on a cotton or canvas base, the 9 colour changes add up to alot of needle time. Pick a size that fits your hoop comfortably and dont stretch it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour sizes: 3.22 x 4.50 inches up to 5.37 x 7.50 inches. Stitch counts from 28,387 on the smallest to 58,001 on the full size. Best results on black, charcoal or dark navy fabric where the auburn locs and red lips really stand out. Skip pale cream or white fabric, the peach skin tones get lost and the headwrap stripes dont pop.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eText me if you have any issues loading the file and Ill sort a replacement out for ya.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Re Embroidery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46276874174614,"sku":null,"price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0699\/6262\/9270\/files\/StylishAfricanWomanwithDreadlocksEmbroideryDesign.png?v=1772703317","url":"https:\/\/reembroidery.com\/products\/stylish-african-woman-dreadlocks","provider":"Re Embroidery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}