Bring gentle seaside charm to your stitching with this cute cartoon turtle riding a curling wave, its big eyes and patterned shell giving it real personality. Lavender, purple, light blue and white keep the scene soft and playful, while touches of pink, beige, orange and black stop it from looking flat. It suits children’s makes especially well, but it would also appeal to anyone who likes wildlife designs with a slightly whimsical feel.
Because it is a dense, heavily stitched nine-colour design, it has a solid, filled look that shows up best on sturdy fabrics rather than anything too fine or stretchy. It would sit nicely on a child’s sweatshirt, a denim jacket back, a canvas tote, a beach towel pocket or the front of a seaside-themed cushion. The foam splashes and scaled details on the head and flippers give the embroidery movement, so even when stitched on a plain background it doesn’t feel static.
