Heres the concept: the left side of the design is a butterfly wing, detailed and patterned with circle motifs and vein lines, and the right side is a heart outline that contains the full quote in flowing cursive: make your heart the prettiest thing about you. The butterfly and the heart share the same centre axis, so the body of the butterfly sits right at the midpoint and the 2 halves balance each other out. its a design where the idea does alot of the heavy lifting.
Single black thread, 3 sizes available. The 6 inch version runs 20,043 stitches and the 8 inch top size hits 28,540 stitches. All text inside the heart is digitised as a connected running stitch path so theres no weird gaps between letters. The wing pattern sections use satin fill with topping for the circle details so they read crisply even at the smaller 6 inch size. Im pretty careful about lettering density in cursive designs because if its too light it looks scratchy and the quote loses its meaning.
A customer last spring ordered this on a pale sage linen tote and wrote to say the compliments she got were unreal. Pair with a good tearaway stabiliser on cotton, or cutaway if youre putting it on a stretchy jersey. Pop it on pale pink, light grey, off-white linen, it works on all of them. Use a firm hoop and stitch it slow through the dense wing section, thats where the tatami fill is and you want even tension right through that area. Best suited to lightweight or medium-weight cotton where the satin sections dont sink into the weave.
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.
- Self-love themed sweatshirt or hoodie printSweatshirts with this centred on the chest work well for self-love themed ranges, the quote does the work without being preachy.
- Girls bedroom wall art stitched in hoopBedroom wall art at the 8 inch size in a plain wooden hoop, white on black cotton is a popular colour flip for teen rooms.
- Graduation gift personalised tote bagGraduation totes get this at the 6 inch centred on the front in black thread on a natural canvas bag.
- Mental health awareness event shirt designMental health awareness events order these on lightweight cotton tees, the butterfly element ties in well with growth and recovery themes.
- Valentines Day gift for mum or sisterValentines gift idea: stitched on a linen pouch and filled with a small journal, makes a really complete present.
- Journaling or planner cover linen panelPlanner or journal covers in faux leather or linen use this at the 6 inch with iron-on backing for clean flat edges.
- Wedding shower gift tea towel or pouchWedding shower goodie bags get a small zip pouch version at the 6 inch size, usually in blush pink thread on white cotton.
Dimensions
3 sizes included. Stitch counts shown for the largest colorway.
| Size (in) | Stitches |
|---|---|
| 6.01 × 5.05 in | 20,043 |
| 7.01 × 5.89 in | 24,197 |
| 8.01 × 6.73 in | 28,540 |
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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