Zebra Head Embroidery Design V2, Instant Download

One colour. Just black and white and thats genuinely all its needs. The zebra head is a forward-facing portrait, ears pricked up and alert, mane hair laying flat down the back of the neck in rough textured lines. The stripes on the face flow correctly, wider across the snout and narrower near the ears, which is the part that trips up most digitisers. They dont here. The black fills are dense satin columns running directionally to give the coat texture rather than flat fill, so ya can see the depth in the pattern even from across a room.

Single colour at 41k stitches on the biggest 8-inch wide size. Thats what delivers the realism, every stitch placed precisely to follow the stripe direction. Wilcom handled the transitions between thick stripes and the narrow facial ones without any fill breaks or jump stitches that would show. The mane at the top and back of the neck is a separate open-fill section with individual line stitches to suggest individual hairs. Back it with no-show mesh on for the largest sizes because 41k stitches on thin cotton will pull without it. Stitch on white, cream or oatmeal fabric. Skip black fabric for obvious reasons. Pop the portrait centred on a square linen cushion for a clean graphic look.

I get orders for this from people doing safari-themed nurseries, african art decor, and honestly quite a few interior designers who want embroidered art for statement cushions. One customer ordered the 8-inch size last spring, stretched it on artist canvas and framed it above a bedroom headboard. She said it looked proper gallery quality. Medium density foam backing in the hoop also helps on jersey if youre insisting on stretch fabric.