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Details
- Size
- 70 × 68 mm
- Stitches
- 12,844
- Colours
- 4
- Stitching time
- ≈ 21 min (700 stitches/min)
- Recommended hoop
- 10 × 10 cm
- Formats
- PES · JEF · VP3 · DST · EXP · HUS
- Category
- Cute animals
Threads to prepare
- White #fdfcf7
- Dark grey #59403f
- Grey #908582
- Salmon #ec9498
About this design
Sleeping cat shows a little cat curled into a ball, eyes closed, muzzle resting on its front paws and a long striped tail wrapped around its body. The drawing is outlined in a dark line, in a simple illustrated style: a light grey body, a few grey and salmon stripes on the back and tail, and pink touches on the ear and nose. A compact 70 × 68 mm design in four colours.
It works nicely on a bib, a baby bodysuit, a small pouch or a nursery cushion. Use a tear-away stabiliser under stable knits, and pick a coloured background (blue, mustard, terracotta) so the pale grey of the machine embroidery stands out.
How to stitch it
- Prepare 4 threads: white, dark grey, grey, salmon. The names give the closest shade; pick the one you like in your thread brand.
- Hoop the fabric in a 10 × 10 cm hoop with a stabiliser: tear-away for woven fabric (cotton, linen, canvas), cut-away for stretchy fabric (T-shirt, sweatshirt, bodysuit).
- Stitch the colours in this order: white → dark grey → grey → salmon. The machine stops at each thread change (3 changes, 39 trims).
- Allow about 21 minutes at 700 stitches per minute, 12,844 stitches in all.
- For another size, open the design in the studio rather than enlarging it on the machine: the stitches are recalculated and the density stays right.
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Updated 2026-10-19.