Wild Eagle Head Embroidery Design, Instant Download

The eagle faces three-quarters toward the viewer, beak pointed down and curving at the tip with that distinctive hooked sharp edge. Eye locked forward, dark and serious, with a pale ring around the iris thats the first thing ya notice up close. The head feathers fan back and upward in loose dynamic lines. Around the neck theyre longer and more ragged, spreading out like a dark collar, which gives the whole portrait a wild unkempt feeling thats different from the formal eagle portraits you normally see.

Two colours: black and a charcoal grey, with white base fabric showing through in the lighter zones. All the complexity comes from the stitching itself. Long directional satin rows on the main feather shafts, short dense fill on the beak, crosshatch-style shading on the darker neck area and fine individual quill lines pulled in the lightest areas. At the biggest 5.33 by 7.51 inch size its 33k stitches. Smallest is 2.49 by 3.51 inches at 15k. 9 sizes. Simple 2-colour thread setup means virtually no stops during the run, which I appreciate when youre doing a production batch.

People buying this fall into a few camps: wildlife artists who want to sell embroidered patches, outdoor and hunting clubs that need a mascot piece, and people doing custom apparel who want a bird that looks fierce rather than decorative. I sold a run of these on charcoal twill jacket patches to a falconry club last october and they reordered the next month. Cant argue with that.

Stitch on cream, white, oatmeal, natural canvas or light grey. The black linework needs a pale ground to hold its contrast. Works on cotton, linen, canvas twill, heavy denim. Skip pale yellow or very warm oatmeal base colours because the grey midtones blend and ya lose the shading depth. Use cutaway stabiliser on canvas and jackets. Medium tearaway works for cotton twill. Slow the machine down a little on the fine feather lines near the eye area.