Heres the back to school apple frame and its built as a horizontal border that wraps a blank centre space. Two small red apples with bright green leaves anchor the corners. Yellow no.2 pencils with pink eraser tops lean across the top edge. A small stack of three books in dark blue and burgundy spines sits at the bottom, like the kid just dropped them on the desk.
The middle is open on purpose so you can drop in a teachers name, a kids name, a classroom number or a school year. Nine colours total which sounds like alot but most are tiny accent details, the apple highlight, the pencil tip lead, the book gold spine line. Density runs 28k stitches on the largest 7.49 inch size, only 8.5k on the smallest 3.49 inch.
I designed this frame for personalised teacher gifts and back to school name labels. Last august one customer wrote me about ordering eleven apron embroideries for her sons whole second-grade teaching team and each apron got a different teacher name in the centre. People keep buying it for classroom door welcome banners, lunch box patches and student backpack name tags.
Stitch on flat woven cotton or canvas. Cream, oatmeal, soft sage or pale grey work great. Pop it on a plain navy tee for a bolder back to school feel. Skip patterned fabric. The frame already carries lots of school-themed details and a busy print fights with the red apples reading clean.
Layer a medium cutaway underneath any woven cotton or twill, tear-away on heavier canvas. Hoop tight, dont float. Stitch the centre lettering after the frame finishes, that way the bobbin tension on the satin doesnt warp the apples or pencils. Pop a ticket through the help link if the design wont open on import.
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.
- Teacher appreciation apronsStitch a 5-inch frame on a cream canvas apron and add the teachers name in the centre for back-to-school gift bags
- Classroom door welcome bannersEmbroider on a sage green canvas door banner with the room number stitched inside the frame for primary school halls
- Student backpack name tagsSew a small 3.5-inch piece on a kids backpack patch with their first name centred for daycare or kindergarten use
- Lunch box patchesPop a 4-inch frame on a kids fabric lunch box cover and add their name in chunky lowercase inside the centre
- School year canvas tote bagsPlace a 6-inch size on an oatmeal canvas tote for a school-year tote with the kids grade and year stitched within
- Teacher coffee mug pouchesEmbroider on a soft cream cotton mug cosy for the teachers desk and personalise with their last name inside
- Volunteer parent shirtsStitch the frame on a pale grey volunteer parent tee with the schools name centred for parent-teacher events
Dimensions
9 sizes included. Stitch counts shown for the largest colorway.
| Size (in) | Stitches |
|---|---|
| 3.49 × 2.16 in | 8,514 |
| 3.99 × 2.47 in | 10,459 |
| 4.49 × 2.78 in | 12,461 |
| 5.00 × 3.09 in | 14,750 |
| 5.50 × 3.39 in | 17,273 |
| 5.99 × 3.70 in | 19,906 |
| 6.48 × 4.01 in | 22,659 |
| 7.00 × 4.32 in | 25,937 |
| 7.49 × 4.63 in | 28,826 |
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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