{"product_id":"book-was-better","title":"The Book Was Better Embroidery Design, Instant Download","description":"\u003cp\u003ePlayed with this one for a good while before it landed right. Its a heart shape, but instead of a smooth outline its built from stacked books, leaning at different angles like a shelf nobody's straightened in months. Two horizontal bar strips run across the middle of the heart and thats where the text lives, split across two lines in bold display serif lettering: the book was better. Each bar is solid satin so the text sits on a clean dark band. The books around them are a mix of solid black spines and open outline spines so it reads as depth, not a flat pile.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStitch count goes from 8,246 at the small end up to 19,215 for the biggest version, five sizes from 3.28 by 3.51 inches to 7.02 by 7.5. Density is 365 stitches per square inch, built in industry tools. The lettering stitches out sharp even at the smaller sizes, the serifs dont break down on a 3-inch hoop which I was worried about when I first ran test stitches. Glad I checked.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIts for anyone whos got strong opinions about book-to-film adaptations, which is basically every reader I know. A customer ordered two a few weeks back, one for herself and one for her book club friend, she said theyd both got a running list of films they wont forgive. Good for a canvas tote or a reading-corner pillow, it reads as a personality not just a quote.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse a light background so the outline books read, white or cream or pale grey works. Hoop tight, the bars are long horizontal runs and they can shift on loose fabric. Medium weight cutaway stabiliser, or tearaway if youre on a thick stable canvas.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Re Embroidery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46059014422678,"sku":null,"price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0699\/6262\/9270\/files\/TheBookWasBetterEmbroideryDesign.jpg?v=1767179998","url":"https:\/\/reembroidery.com\/products\/book-was-better","provider":"Re Embroidery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}