So its a continuous line drawing, woman's profile facing right with an open book floating above her head. From the book, ribbon strands pour down into the top of her head where they bloom into a bouquet of wildflowers, red poppies, blue cornflowers, a yellow daisy, and pink buds. The metaphor is books filling your mind with growth and ideas, real soft and poetic.
Everything except the flowers is rendered as fine black running stitch line work, no fills. Only the seven flower heads get colour, which keeps the design feeling airy and light. Density on this one sits really low, around 188 spi, so its a fast run-time and copes nicely on delicate fabrics like cotton lawn, linen, or silk without warping the cloth.
The pack holds 9 sizes total. Smallest hoop dimensions are 3.5w x 1.91h inches, biggest scales to 7.5w x 4.1h inches. Total stitches only sit between 2,999 and 5,794 across the lot, which is featherlight compared to most filled designs. 7 colour changes total, mostly for the flower head fills. The running stitch outlines are all in one black thread so the lining works as a single colour block on the machine.
I sell loads of this to readers and book club members. A customer pinged me earlier in spring wanting a tote bag scale for her local library volunteer crew, which made my whole week. Other uses are book bag fronts, library tote bags, reading themed tee shirts, journal cover patches, throw pillows for reading nooks. The minimalist line work feels modern and fits scandi or japandi home decor really well.
Stitch on light coloured fabrics for best contrast, cream linen and oatmeal cotton lawn show off the line work beautifully. Drop a tearaway behind it since the stitch count is low, you wont need anything heavy. Pick 40wt cotton thread for a softer matte finish that suits line art way better than shiny rayon. I prepared the file inside my standard software and hand-tweaked stitch length across the curves so the line doesnt pucker or skip on tight bends.
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.
- Library tote bags for book club or volunteer crewsLibrary staff and volunteer crews love this on cream canvas totes, the line art reads sophisticated not childish.
- Reading nook throw pillows and cushion coversGoes brilliantly across a 14 inch square cotton pillow cover for a reading nook armchair.
- Book themed tee shirts for readersReaders wear this on the chest pocket of a tee shirt, a 3-in chest works well for shirts.
- Journal and planner fabric cover patchesStitch the smallest 1.91 inch size onto a fabric journal cover patch, very gift-shop friendly.
- Cotton tea towels for cosy reading cornersLooks really pretty across a cotton kitchen towel hung in a sunny reading corner.
- Linen book bag fronts and bookmark embroideryThe wide horizontal layout fits a linen drawstring book bag front beautifully without resizing.
Dimensions
9 sizes included. Stitch counts shown for the largest colorway.
| Size (in) | Stitches |
|---|---|
| 3.50 × 1.91 in | 2,999 |
| 4.00 × 2.19 in | 3,321 |
| 4.50 × 2.46 in | 3,670 |
| 5.00 × 2.74 in | 4,036 |
| 5.50 × 3.01 in | 4,405 |
| 6.00 × 3.28 in | 4,714 |
| 6.50 × 3.56 in | 5,055 |
| 7.00 × 3.83 in | 5,436 |
| 7.50 × 4.10 in | 5,794 |
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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Reyazul Masud Riham, hand-drawing every design on this site
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