100 Days of School Embroidery Design, Machine Embroidery Pattern, Instant Download

Every January or February, depending on when the school year started, teachers and parents start counting down to that 100th day and its kinda a big deal in early elementary classrooms. I drew this design for exactly that moment. The "100" sits up top in big satin-filled block letters, each digit a different colour: pink, orange, yellow. Below that, "days of" comes through in a flowing black cursive script, and then "SCHOOL" fills the bottom in chunky bold letters across red, green, blue, pink and green. A circle of tally marks rings the whole thing, the kind kids scratch on paper counting up to 100, and that border detail is what makes this one actually clever rather than just colourful.

Ive been digitising text-heavy designs long enough to know that tight satin columns on multicolour letters need solid underlay or the colours bleed into each other on the fabric. This one uses directional satin fills with a decent density, so the pink doesnt muddy into the orange on light cotton jersey. For teacher tees I always reach for the 5 inch, it sits right on the chest without going edge-to-edge. For the kids, the 3.5 inch hoops up nicely on a cotton canvas hat front or a small belt bag. Use a cutaway stabiliser on knit fabrics and a tearaway on the woven stuff, and dont skip topping film on terry cloth or the loops swallow the lettering.

A teacher I sold to last week said she put the 7.5 inch on a fleece banner she hangs every year. Honestly thats one of my favourite uses for the bigger sizes. Pop it on a cream canvas pennant with some scalloped edges and it looks like something from a specialty classroom shop. For smaller items, pair it with a navy blue background and the rainbow colours really pop against the dark base fabric. Try the 4 inch on a child's denim jacket pocket too, the satin fill holds up beautifully through washing without losing those crisp colour boundaries.

Holler at me if the jump stitches bug you.