So this one is loud. Cant Touch This sitting in fat red brush script across 5 sizes from 3 inches up to 7, two upright forks pointing tines-up flanking the middle word TOUCH, and a tiny spatula slid in horizontally underneath like the punchline. Its got that diner-sign energy, the kind of thing you stitch onto a chef apron in black canvas and watch people grin at it from across the kitchen. The lettering does this thick-thin contrast youd see in an MC Hammer poster from 1990, which is obviously the joke.
Single colour, red thread the whole way through. Zero stops, zero bobbin swaps, the machine just runs and runs. Stitch count goes from 5,909 at the smallest 3-inch width up to 15,624 at the 7-inch size. Density sits at 376 which is on the heavier side for satin, so the red fills sit raised and proud on canvas or twill. I digitised it in my main software and the fork tines have their own satin underlay path, which keeps em from leaning sideways when you scale up. Heres the thing, alot of single-colour designs look flat, this one doesnt because the descenders on Cant and This do loops that catch the light differently.
One customer told me last August she put the 5-in piece on her dads BBQ apron pocket as a fathers day gift and he wears it every weekend now. She used black canvas with a layer of medium cutaway and the red just popped.
Best on natural cotton, black canvas, denim, or a cream tea towel where the red gets contrast. Avoid busy plaids, the design needs flat ground to read. Skip stretch knits unless you hoop with iron-on tearaway under the fleece. And aswell hoop firm, the dense satin will draw the fabric in if you go loose on tension. Pick the 4-inch for a left chest, the 6-inch for a full apron front, the 7-inch for tea towel centres.
Holler back if anything comes through corrupted on download and Ill get a fresh file out to you that same day.
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.
- chef apron chest panel or pocket embroideryStitch the 5-in placement on black canvas chef apron centre using medium cutaway for a kitchen line read
- BBQ grill apron centre quoteRun the 7-inch version across a BBQ apron front for a fathers day gift that gets worn every weekend grill session
- kitchen tea towels and dish clothsPop the 3-inch onto a cream cotton tea towel set, hooped with light tearaway and 40-weight red rayon for diner sheen
- oven mitts and pot holder accentsEmbroider the 4-inch onto an oven mitt cuff in red on natural cotton for a quick kitchen housewarming bundle
- fathers day cooking gift sweatshirtPlace the 6-inch on a grey sweatshirt left chest using polymesh cutaway behind the fleece for a fathers day cooking top
- diner-style canvas tote for groceriesStitch the 5-inch onto a heavy canvas tote in red thread on natural ground for a punchy farmers market grocery bag
- denim work shirt back yoke patchHoop the 6-inch on a denim work shirt back yoke and pair with topping to stop the weave showing through the script
- cast iron caddy or grill bag panelAdd the 4-inch onto a quilted cast iron caddy panel or a rolled grill tool bag for a finished diner-line feel
Dimensions
5 sizes included. Stitch counts shown for the largest colorway.
| Size (in) | Stitches |
|---|---|
| 3.00 × 2.54 in | 5,909 |
| 4.00 × 3.39 in | 8,046 |
| 5.00 × 4.24 in | 10,483 |
| 6.00 × 5.08 in | 13,027 |
| 7.00 × 5.93 in | 15,624 |
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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