Free turkey embroidery design
A friendly turkey with a fanned tail in red, orange and gold, the classic Thanksgiving motif.
- 95 × 78 mm
- 9,467 stitches
- 10 colors
- Fits a 4×4 hoop
Choose your machine's format
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Design details
- Size
- 95.2 × 77.6 mm (3.75 × 3.06 in)
- Stitches
- 9,467
- Colors
- 10 thread colors
- Sewing time
- About 19 min at 700 stitches/min
- Hoop
- 4 × 4 in (100 × 100 mm) or larger
- Formats
- PES, DST, JEF, EXP, VP3, XXX, PEC, U01, TBF
Thread colors, in sewing order
- 1Red · Brother 51,252 st
- 2Light Brown · Brother 262,610 st
- 3Reddish Brown · Brother 61,270 st
- 4Deep Gold · Brother 11743 st
- 5Khaki · Brother 35519 st
- 6Dark Brown · Brother 241,100 st
- 7Dark Fuchsia · Brother 511,191 st
- 8Light Brown · Brother 26635 st
- 9White · Brother 29105 st
- 10Dark Gray · Brother 2342 st
Any brand works: match the colors to the threads you have. The ZIP includes this list as a color sheet.
What to stitch the turkey on
- Kids' shirts
- Napkins
- Tea towels
- Placemats
On a kids' T-shirt use no-show mesh cut-away so the tail fan stays flat after washing.
Selling it? Make a hoop mockup photo of the turkeyRecommended setup · T-shirt
- Backing
- Medium cut-away (2.5 oz)
- Topping
- Not usually needed
- Needle
- 75/11 ballpoint
- Hooping
- Hoop the backing with the shirt, smooth but not stretched.
Make it yours
Your own design, stitched just as cleanly
The turkey was made with the same digitizer you get with your account. Upload a logo, a drawing or a photo of your pet and get a file for your machine in seconds, with colors, size and stitch types all adjustable.
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Turkey design questions
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Is this design really free?
Yes. Create a free account and download it in any format, as often as you like. No plan or credit card is needed for the free designs.
Can I sell things I embroider with it?
Yes. You can stitch it on items for yourself, as gifts or to sell. Please don't resell, share or upload the design files themselves, or claim the design as your own.
Which file should I download?
PES for Brother and Baby Lock, JEF for Janome, EXP for Bernina, VP3 for Husqvarna Viking and Pfaff, XXX for Singer and DST for Tajima and most commercial machines. Not sure? Download the ZIP: it has every format plus a color sheet.
Will it fit my hoop?
It's 95.2 × 77.6 mm (3.75 × 3.06 in), so it fits a 4 × 4 in (100 × 100 mm) hoop and anything larger.
Can I make it bigger or smaller?
For small changes (up to about 20%), use the free design resizer. For bigger changes, press Customize: the artwork opens in the digitizer and the stitches are recalculated for any size, with new colors if you like.
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