Its a cooking pun. Honestly one of my favourites Ive digitised this year. The lettering is bold, two colours, done in a chunky serif with the word 'Hot' dropping down on its own line and sitting larger than everything else, which gives it that confident poster-print look you see on retro kitchen prints from the 70s, except this one actually stitches out sharp and flat.
I ran it through my main digitising tool so the density across the satin columns is consistent and you wont get puckering on cotton or linen. Stitch count runs from 6,710 at the smallest up to 14,464 at the 7.51 inch size. Two colour changes total. Quick to stitch. Doesnt demand alot of thread swaps mid-run, which is the thing most people care about when theyre doing a batch of gift items on a deadline.
I get messages about this one pretty regularly, mostly from people doing aprons and tote bags for craft markets. One customer ordered it back in march for a cooking class gift set, she wanted it on linen napkins and it looked great. Go with a tearaway on cotton twill or linen, and grab a cutaway for canvas or denim. Hoop it tight. Loose hooping on text designs causes registration problems that are annoying to fix.
Cream thread on navy. Black on white. Grey on oatmeal for that old printed feel. 9 sizes from 3.5 to 7.51 inches. Pick your hoop and go.
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.
- Kitchen aprons for home cooks and bakersCooks love having a bit of personality on their apron, and this phrase always gets a laugh from guests.
- Linen tea towels as market or fair giftsLinen tea towels with this on them sell really well at craft fairs, the kitchen humour crowd goes for it.
- Canvas tote bags for grocery shopping or farmers marketsTote bag orders pick up around the holidays when people want something funny but still useful as a gift.
- Dish towels and cloth projectsCotton cloth takes this design really well, especially in a dark thread on natural-colour fabric.
- Cooking class gift bags and workshop swagCooking class organisers have used this on gift bags for participants, kind of a take-home memento thing.
- Chef uniform or restaurant apron personalizationRestaurant staff have ordered personalised aprons with this for kitchen teams as a team gift.
Dimensions
9 sizes included. Stitch counts shown for the largest colorway.
| Size (in) | Stitches |
|---|---|
| 3.50 × 2.70 in | 6,710 |
| 4.01 × 3.08 in | 7,616 |
| 4.51 × 3.47 in | 8,527 |
| 5.00 × 3.85 in | 9,508 |
| 5.51 × 4.23 in | 10,458 |
| 6.01 × 4.62 in | 11,417 |
| 6.50 × 5.00 in | 12,372 |
| 7.01 × 5.38 in | 13,440 |
| 7.51 × 5.77 in | 14,464 |
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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