Email your teacher this one and watch her face light up. Pencils stacked top and bottom in pink, yellow, blue and orange with white daisies poking between em, a black band splits the design through the middle, and the centre stays empty for ya to drop in a name. Sharpened tips on the outside pencils tilt out at angles, the pencil bodies sit fat and rounded, and the daisies are stitched plain white with bright yellow centres.
Twenty thread colours run through this and yeah it sounds like a lot, but each pencil only uses two passes, the body fill and a black outline, so the colour swaps go quick. Daisies run a tight white satin with a yellow centre dot, and the black banding crossing the gap uses a thicker satin so it reads clean enough to overlay personalised lettering on top without losing the edge.
I get teachers ordering the smaller 3.5 inch size onto pencil pouches with their kids names, parents grab the bigger 7.5 inch version for backpack patches. Last August one mum sent me a photo of fourteen lunch totes she sewed for her sons whole class on the first day back, every kids name centred in the band, proper sweet lil gift for back to school season.
Stitch totals start at 15,651 on the smallest size and rise to 40,809 at full width, density lands around 833 per square cm cos of the layered pencil bodies. So go with cotton canvas, denim or twill, hoop firm with a heavy cutaway stabiliser, the design has alot of jump trims so I wouldnt skimp on stabiliser thickness.
Drop on cream, pale grey, sand or oatmeal fabric so the rainbow pencils pop, the daisies need a lighter background to show their white petals or theyll vanish into the cloth. Try a test stitch on a scrap first if your hoop tension feels weird. Email me a screenshot if any of the colour stops misread on your end and Ill clean the export up straight away.
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.
- Personalised pencil pouches for school studentsStitch this on a zip pencil pouch with a kids name in the empty middle band.
- Back to school backpack patchesEmbroider it onto a backpack flap as fresh patch for the new school year.
- Teacher gift tote bags for end of termSew the design on a cotton tote ya gift teachers at the end of summer term.
- Lunch box fabric covers for kidsPop the smaller size on a fabric lunch box cover with the childs first name.
- Library book bags for primary classroomsStitch this on canvas library bags so each primary classroom kid has their own.
- Classroom welcome banners for new startersRun the biggest size on a felt classroom door banner welcoming new starters in.
Dimensions
9 sizes included. Stitch counts shown for the largest colorway.
| Size (in) | Stitches |
|---|---|
| 3.50 × 3.05 in | 15,651 |
| 4.00 × 3.49 in | 18,197 |
| 4.50 × 3.92 in | 21,013 |
| 5.00 × 4.36 in | 23,948 |
| 5.50 × 4.79 in | 26,942 |
| 6.00 × 5.23 in | 30,188 |
| 6.50 × 5.66 in | 33,570 |
| 7.00 × 6.10 in | 37,014 |
| 7.50 × 6.53 in | 40,809 |
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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