Case file

American eagle back piece

A full jacket back for a veterans riding club: eagle head over a torn flag, 11 in wide. Eighteen thread colours with long-and-short stitch through the head feathers so the crown stays readable at arm's length, and a hand-tuned underlay under the flag so the reds do not pull the fabric. 47,800 stitches, single pass, no trims through the face. Ran clean on a 15-needle Tajima at 750 spm.