Its a round wooden harvest basket, the kind with the vertical stave-and-hoop construction you see in old american farm illustrations. The basket is packed full of red apples stacked up above the rim, and then 3 or 4 more apples are sitting loose on the ground around the base. The apples have those little green leaf clusters on the stems which adds alot of life to the composition.
6 colours, 5 colour changes. The basket stitching is directional with a crosshatch feel on the stave lines, which gives it that old-fashioned woodcut look when its done on natural linen. The black outline weight is heavier than most cartoon designs which is what gives it that vintage illustration quality rather than looking like a clip-art printout. Stitch count starts at about 17k on the small 3-in build and goes to 46,408 on the biggest 7.5, so the detail is genuinely there at all 9 sizes.
Best fabrics are natural linen, cream cotton or off-white canvas where the warm tones in the basket dont get lost. Works on dark navy or black too but you need to test the underlay, the cream apple highlight needs a good topping if youre stitching on dark ground. Medium cutaway for anything with stretch. A customer emailed me last fall to say she stitched the 5-inch hoop onto a set of flour-sack towels as a teacher gift and the whole class mum group ordered the same file after seeing them. Thats the kind of design that does the selling itself. Email me if a size isnt stitching clean and Ill take a look.
What people are using this design for
A starting point. The design works for plenty more than just this list, this is what folks have stitched it onto most.
- Autumn kitchen tea towels and dish clothsCentred on a flour-sack tea towel this is exactly the kind of farmhouse kitchen piece that sells fast at craft fairs
- Aprons and oven mitt sets for fallWorks on a canvas apron bib with room left for text personalisation below the basket
- Seasonal tote bags for farmers market shoppingNatural canvas tote with the full 7.5-inch version reads like a proper harvest-market bag
- Farmhouse-style pillow coversStitch on a cream flax cushion cover for a cosy country-kitchen style that goes with most autumn interior palettes
- Country kitchen curtain tie-backs or valancesThe narrow tall shape fits well on a curtain tie-back or a fabric tag on a kitchen valance
- Framed hoop art for kitchen or dining roomFrame the 5-inch version in a round wooden hoop for a kitchen or dining-room seasonal display piece
- Autumn harvest gift wrapping fabricUse as a fabric gift wrap topper on an autumn-themed hamper, the vintage style suits kraft paper and twine well
- Teacher gift bags for back-to-school seasonMakes a thoughtful teachers gift bag in september with an apple theme that works without being cliche
Dimensions
9 sizes included. Stitch counts shown for the largest colorway.
| Size (in) | Stitches |
|---|---|
| 3.50 × 3.00 in | 16,967 |
| 4.00 × 3.42 in | 19,931 |
| 4.50 × 3.85 in | 23,044 |
| 5.00 × 4.28 in | 26,478 |
| 5.50 × 4.71 in | 30,023 |
| 6.00 × 5.14 in | 33,750 |
| 6.50 × 5.56 in | 37,754 |
| 7.00 × 5.99 in | 41,934 |
| 7.50 × 6.42 in | 46,408 |
Files & Formats
Eight machine formats included in one zip. Whichever your machine reads, its in the pack.
Plus a color chart for thread matching. See full format guide.
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Reyazul Masud Riham, hand-drawing every design on this site
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