Back to School Apple Embroidery Design, Teacher Gift Machine Embroidery Pattern, Instant Download

Back to school apple, 8 colours, 5 sizes. The apple sits in a classic three-quarter view with a rounded body in bright red and a darker red fill area on one side to give a shading effect, which is what bumps the colour count up. Theres a small white highlight spot that makes the apple look glossy, a brown stem at the top, and a green leaf off to the side. Most versions of this design also include a little bookworm or similar school element, which adds the extra colour stops. Stitch count is 6,566 at from a chest 3.5 to 22,565 at 6.4 inches wide, density 504, digitised in industry software.

Eight thread stops takes a bit longer to run but the result looks polished rather than flat. Back the item with a firm cutaway stabiliser on knit fabric, and make sure you run the underlay passes before the red fills or the apple body will look patchy on light-coloured fabric. The satin work on the leaf veins and the outline around the highlight spot are fine lines, so avoid running this on anything with a lot of texture without a water-soluble topping. Teacher gifts are gonna get used daily, so the work needs to hold up to washing and regular bag use.

I get orders for this one every single August and early September without fail. One customer who teaches year 3 ordered 14 of them last August for a staff gift project, all at 5 inches on canvas pouches with each teacher's initial monogrammed below the apple. She said every teacher she gave one to commented on the detail in the apple shading. Thats the kind of feedback that tells you the 8-colour build is worth the extra thread time.

Best results on cotton canvas, denim, or sturdy twill. Run it at 4 to 5 inches on a tote or pouch for teacher gifts, or smaller at around 3 inches on a school bag front where the apple reads immediately. Stitch it on a denim shirt pocket for a teacher appreciation wearable that doesnt scream costume but still signals the theme clearly.