Cancer Picked the Wrong Girl Embroidery Design, Instant Download

The layout is a circular badge and its got a bunch of things going on but they work together. "CANCER PICKED" arcs across the top in chunky block capitals, bold satin fill, charcoal black. Underneath that theres a simple outline drawing of a womans face in profile, just the silhouette lines, no fill, which is kinda elegant. A hot pink awareness ribbon sits right over the face, half tucked behind the chin line. Then at the bottom "the wrong Girl" curves downward in brushstroke script, with "Girl" getting its own large capital. Three or 4 small pink hearts dot the corners.

Two colours, charcoal black and hot pink. The professional embroidery software digitising keeps the satin columns on the block caps tight and even, and the line-art face is done in a running stitch so it reads like a sketch rather than a filled shape. Stitch range is 5,502 on the 2.47-inch up to 17,486 on the 6.4-inch. Five sizes total, so you can pop it anywhere from a small badge patch up to a full tote panel. Thats real flexibility for a 2-colour design.

My friend Sarah told me last month she was trying to find something to put on a bag for a colleague at work who had just received a diagnosis. She wanted something with a bit of attitude, not weepy. This design was exactly what she described. She ordered the 5-inch size and had it stitched on a oatmeal canvas tote with the womans name underneath. She said her colleague cried when she got it and then laughed, which is honestly the best reaction you can get from a gift.

Stitch on cream cotton canvas or white linen for cleanest read on both colours. Skip anything dark because the pink ribbon and hearts lose contrast. Add tearaway behind tightly woven cotton, or cutaway on twill bags and jersey blend shirts. Hoop it centred and the circular layout comes out balanced. Its also great for framed hoops as a wall piece if you want to give it as a keepsake rather than a wearable.