Baby Footprints Outline Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Plain solid baby footprints, side by side, no hearts, no cutouts, no frame, no extras. Just the prints themselves. Each foot has the toe pads split out as 5 separate dots floating above the main curved foot pad, which is the way newborn prints look when theyre actually inked at the hospital. Sometimes the cleanest version of a motif is the most useful one because theres nothing to compete with and the shape carries the whole feeling on its own.

Five sizes ranging from 2.01 inches at 2,544 stitches up to 6.01 inches at a chunky 16,214 stitches. Single colour black, no colour changes. Density runs 453 which is firmer than the heart-cutout variant because the soles are completely filled with no negative space to break up the satin. That means atleast a medium cutaway behind any knit fabric, dont try to get away with just tearaway on a stretchy onesie or the prints will distort when the fabric relaxes back.

The digitising in my professional tool uses a tatami fill on the soles with the stitch angle running heel-to-toe, which is the direction your eye expects and keeps the silhouette feeling planted instead of floating. The 5 toe dots above each foot are stitched as small individual satin shapes with their own underlay so they hold round at the smallest 2-inch size without bleeding into one blob. One customer ordered the design last month for a memorial baby blanket and wanted the prints at 4 inches in cream thread on charcoal fleece, which came out incredibly tender.

Best on white, ivory, sage, soft pink, dusty blue, and pale grey cotton, fleece, lightweight terry, and muslin. Avoid heavy fluffy textiles and high-pile sherpa, the toe dots get lost. Use 2 layers of tearaway under woven cotton if you want the prints to stay extra crisp on a fine weave. Layer a soft cutaway underneath any jersey knit. Add topping over visible weaves. Pair with monogrammed names or birth-date text underneath for personalised keepsake projects.