{"product_id":"vintage-royal-crown","title":"Vintage Royal Crown Embroidery Design, Instant Download","description":"\u003cp\u003eIts a crown, but not a simple outline. The whole thing reads like its been lifted straight off a 19th century engraving plate. Every section packed with directional stitching that follows the shape of each scroll, each orb, each curve. You get all the detail of an old illustrated crown without any of the flat, clip-art feel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe structure is three big orbs across the top, flanked by two smaller ones at the ends. Between them theres an elaborate fleur-de-lis style finial pulling the eye up from the centre. Below that the side sections fan out in acanthus leaf scrollwork, those tight curling shapes that show up in renaissance architecture and old royal crests. And the base is a wide curved band with a row of oval cutouts running along it, like you see on actual circlet crowns.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhats interesting technically is this runs on just 1 thread colour but hits upwards of 44k stitches at the biggest size, 30k at the smallest. Thats alot of density packed into a single black pass. The underlay has to be solid or the scroll fills will look patchy on anything with any give. Hoop a firm, stable fabric and back it with a dense cutaway stabiliser that holds its shape under that stitch load. Stitch on black velvet and it disappears beautifully, stitch on cream linen and every detail pops. Last autumn a customer stitched this on a duchess-satin clutch bag for a theatre costume and wrote to say it looked like someone had appliqued jet beads onto it. And I believe that completely, the crosshatch satin work on the orbs really does have that depth to it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSkip any stretchy or loosely woven base, the density needs something firm underneath. Pop a topping of water-soluble film over velvet or any looped fabric so the satin sections dont sink into the pile. The directional fill on each scroll segment is what gives it the three-dimensional feel, so get your tension right before the full run. Avoid heavily textured tweed or linen with a loose weave, the fine scroll details wont read cleanly on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHoller if theres a problem with any of the files after you download, Ill get a replacement out to you fast.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Re Embroidery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46181964742806,"sku":null,"price":4.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0699\/6262\/9270\/files\/VintageRoyalCrownEmbroideryDesign.jpg?v=1768460160","url":"https:\/\/reembroidery.com\/products\/vintage-royal-crown","provider":"Re Embroidery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}