Two Kittens Embroidery Design, Instant Download

So my two kittens design is one of those proper realistic pet portraits where the fur reads as soft once its laid down on cloth. Big fluffy grey tabby on the left with dark mackerel stripes and huge green eyes, smaller ginger and black tabby on the right tucked in close, its tiny pink tongue poking out giving the grey one a little lick on the cheek. Fifteen colours total, alot of fine detail in the faces and the whiskers.

Every fur patch is done with stitching that follows the way real cat fur lies, sweeping down from the ears across the cheeks and out along the chest. Fine black outlines keep the stripe pattern crisp so the tabby markings dont mush into a blob of grey. Eyes get a satin highlight, the green pops, and the pink nose and inner ears land at the very end so they sit clean on top.

Pet portrait gift makers grab this one alot, also cat rescue volunteers and anyone who runs a little Etsy shop doing custom kitty merch. Stitch count climbs from 31,833 at the smallest hoop up to 84,070 on the largest, so a full 7-inch fills out properly. One customer wrote me back in April after she lost both her littermate cats in the same month. She went with the 6-inch size on a memory cushion her sister wanted, stitched on cream linen with the names underneath in a thin chain stitch. Told me it sat on the sofa from day one.

Stitch this onto pale-toned natural fibres for the cleanest read. Buttermilk cotton, oatmeal linen, light cream canvas, and a washed chambray all let the silver fur and the warm ginger patches breathe. Stay off charcoal or navy, the eye outlines and the darkest mackerel stripes get swallowed and the cats lose their faces. And fleece is a no, the nap eats the whisker stitches and leaves the satin nose with little bumps poking through.

Density runs around 1566 spi with 84k on the largest, so its definately a heavy stitch-out. Hoop on medium-weight cutaway with the fabric drum tight, then lay a film of water-soluble topping across the kittens before you start so the cheek satin doesnt sink into the weave. Ease the speed right back during the dense black colour pass, that one stop alone carries 11k stitches. Holler at me on the listing thread if a needle break trashes a colour and Ill point you at the cleanest restart row.