{"product_id":"black-history-tree","title":"Black History Tree Embroidery Design, Instant Download","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe whole concept of this one is the tree is the words. 3 inch up to 8 inch, the trunk of a stylised oak silhouette gets replaced by six stacked rows of chunky condensed block caps spelling out Black History, Honoring the Past, Inspiring the Future, the letters alternating between Pan-African gold orange and bright red. Green leaves spread across the upper-left canopy in dozens of individual leaf-shape fills, and green root tendrils reach down across the lower-left like the roots of a real oak. Visually it reads as one solid tree silhouette from a metre away, then close up youre seeing a manifesto.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 colours only. Green leaves and roots stitch first at 2,708 stitches on the 3 inch hoop, then red text fills second at 3,012 stitches, then orange text fills third at 4,611. Total comes to 10,333 stitches on the 3 inch. Scale right up to the 8 inch (worksheet calls it t145 at 7.92 inches tall) and youre at 28,079 stitches with orange alone climbing to 12,675. Thats nearly triple the thread count for less than 3 inches more, which gives you a feel for whats happening density-wise. Five sizes total spanning 3 inches up to nearly 8 inches, so it fits standard 4x4 hoops all the way through 8x8.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrim count is where this design demands respect. 87 trims on the smallest size, 137 trims on the largest. Thats alot of jump-stitching as the machine moves between individual leaf shapes and between the alternating colour rows of the trunk text. If youre running this on a machine without auto-trim, budget extra time. Hoop with heavy cutaway, use poly mesh topping if your blank has any nap, and stick with 40-weight rayon thread for sheen on the leaves which is what gives the design depth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne customer reached out around february last year, she was making a hoop-art piece for her aunts retirement gift, an aunt whod taught black studies at a community college for 32 years. She picked the 6 inch size, hooped it in a 7 inch dark walnut stained wood ring on cream linen, then framed the whole thing on the office wall. Sent me a photo, the orange and red text glowed off the cream linen, the green leaves looked like real foliage. proper goosebumps moment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBest on cream, off-white, natural linen, light grey, or warm caramel cotton. Avoid dark navy or black blanks which kill the orange-red contrast, the green roots get lost too. Skip stretchy jersey unless you use double-layer stabiliser. Pair with a sharp 75\/11 needle and clean your hook race after every 3rd run because the dense letter fills shed alot of lint.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Re Embroidery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46212369580182,"sku":null,"price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0699\/6262\/9270\/files\/BlackHistoryTreeEmbroideryDesign.png?v=1769490964","url":"https:\/\/reembroidery.com\/products\/black-history-tree","provider":"Re Embroidery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}