Bring rustic charm to your stitching with this highland cow head design, drawn in a loose sketch style that keeps the look soft rather than heavy. The long horns, shaggy fringe and pair of daisy flowers give it a calm, country feel that will appeal to cow lovers, smallholders and anyone drawn to farmhouse-inspired embroidery. Brown, cream, white and yellow do most of the work here, so the portrait stays warm and natural without becoming busy.
Because it is an open, lightly stitched design using just four thread colours, it suits fabrics where you want detail without a dense block of embroidery. It would look especially good on a denim jacket back, a linen tote, a sweatshirt chest or the front of a cushion in a neutral room. The airy stitching lets the texture of the fabric show through, which works particularly well with cotton, chambray and rustic home-dec fabrics.
