Bring airy elegance to shirts, tea towels or a spring-weight cardigan with this hummingbird hovering above a thistle stem in clean line art. The long beak, spread wings and curved stem give it a lifted, mid-flight feel, while the pink, teal, green, yellow, white and brown accents keep the look soft rather than busy. It suits stitchers who want a bird-and-flower motif with a botanical feel and more delicacy than a heavily filled design.
Because it is an open, lightly stitched design in 10 thread colours, it sits especially well on linen, cotton, chambray and other fabrics where you want detail without stiffness. Use a smaller size on a blouse pocket, cuff or napkin corner, or let one of the larger sizes stretch across the back of a shirt, a tote bag panel or a cushion front. The fine line work and restrained fill make it a good choice when you want colour and texture to stay graceful rather than dense.
