Adventure Direction Signpost Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Painted the adventure direction signpost, road-trip wanderlust energy. Theres a rustic brown wooden post standing tall in the centre, three arrow-shaped boards nailed to it at staggered angles, each pointing a different direction. Top board shows a desert scene with a tall saguaro cactus and red rock buttes. Middle board shows a mountain range with a small lake and golden sun. Bottom board shows a tropical beach with a leaning palm tree, ocean wave and small island. Green foliage clusters at the base hide a small grey rock pile.

Each arrow board uses a fine running stitch outline with a hatch-line shaded scene painted inside. Desert cactus is satin sage green against tan satin sand. Mountain board uses overlapping steel-blue satin peaks with a thin golden sun behind. Beach board has a dramatic curling navy wave done in directional stitch lines so it actually moves visualy across the board. Foliage at the base is layered green tatami fill, varying shades, breaks up the wood post nicely.

Im pretty pleased with this one and drew it for travel-blogger merch and adventure-club gear, last summer a customer ordered three of em for her partners 40th birthday road trip. She hooped each on a sage canvas duffle and stitched the trip dates above the foliage. He travelled coast to coast with the duffles and sent photos from every motel. Smallest size is 2.39 by 3.51 inches, biggest is 5.14 by 7.51, vertical orientation.

Pick a heavy canvas, denim or cotton duck for best results. Cream, sage, oatmeal and dusty mustard backgrounds let the colourful scene panels read clean. Skip dark navy and black bases, the wooden post wont read against a dark fabric and youll lose the silhouette. Avoid stretchy jersey, the fine hatching lines on the scene panels warp easy on stretch ground.

Density runs heavy at 1853 stitches per square inch, around 71k stitches at the largest hoop, this design is properly dense for a 13-colour piece. Use a heavyweight cutaway stabiliser, hoop firm, slow your machine speed alot through the scene panel fills. Float a layer of water-soluble topping if youre stitching onto soft canvas so the wave detail stays crisp. Take your time on the colour changes, theres alot of em and youll skew the registration if youre rushing.