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Details
- Size
- 70 × 69 mm
- Stitches
- 10,486
- Colours
- 7
- 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
- Salmon #ba6d59
- Black #020202
- White #fffefd
- Beige #ddc0a3
- Pale pink #f3abcb
- Brown #7f4439
- Dark grey #6b5654
About this design
Highland cow shows a cow's head seen from three quarters, with a long shaggy brown fringe, wide pale curved horns, a beige muzzle and closed, arched eyes. A small pale pink flower sits near the ear. The bold black outline and flat colour areas give an illustrated, cartoon-like look that stays clear even at a small size.
At 70 x 69 mm, it suits a bib, a baby bodysuit, a tote bag or a zip pouch. On soft knits, use a cut-away stabiliser with a water-soluble film on top so the strands of hair stay crisp; a natural or soft green background shows this machine embroidery design off nicely.
How to stitch it
- Prepare 7 threads: salmon, black, white, beige, pale pink, brown, dark grey. 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: salmon → black → white → beige → pale pink → brown → dark grey → black → brown → white → salmon → beige. The machine stops at each thread change (11 changes, 30 trims).
- Allow about 21 minutes at 700 stitches per minute, 10,486 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 2026-10-18.