Cat scarf

I rediscovered my embroidery machine and made Uncle +David Moat a birthday scarf.

First I did a practice on a scrap of material: 

Then I cut out some brown linen and embroidered 3 cats on: 

I discovered that using a bobbin thread that matches the fabric works quite well as you don't notice if the tension isn't quite right and pulls up the back thread.

I used the following threads: 

Anchor Alcazar Viscose Rayon 200m 40

• 1008 - dark brown
• 1015 - royal blue
• 429 - beige
• 665 - navy blue
• 622 - light blue
• 422 - tan

After that I sewed on the back of the scarf. 

In retrospect I think smaller cats that could have fitted horizontally would have worked better. So I'll try that next time.