Email this one to your most cat-obsessed coffee drinker and watch them immediately need it on something. Its a wide horizontal strip of 5 cartoon kittens, each one tucked into or poking out of a different coffee cup. The centre cup is the tallest and has a proper latte art swirl pattern stitched onto its surface with warm steam wisps rising from the top. Fluffy script above the whole row reads Coffee Lover. Its a wide design, about 4.5 to 10.5 inches across depending on size, which makes it a natural fit for tea towels, kitchen aprons, and tote bags.
Each cat is a distinct colour: grey tabby on the far left sitting in a woven rattan-style mug, orange tabby in a spotty yellow cup, a rust-brown cat peeking out of the grey latte cup in the middle, a blue-grey cat draped over a striped mug, and a dark chocolate brown cat in a warm amber cup on the right. Twenty colour stops total, density around 1,043 stitches per square inch, and up to 33,715 stitches at the largest size. Twelve size options from 4.5 by 1.32 inches all the way to 10.5 by 3.08, its a wide banner format so most of the sizes are landscape strips rather than square compositions.
I designed this as a banner-style strip so it sits along a tea towel or apron pocket hem without needing to fill the whole panel. A customer messaged me last month after stitching the medium 7-inch version across the front of a canvas lunch bag for a coworker who keeps two cats and drinks alot of flat whites, and the reaction was apparently very loud. Works really well repeated as a border too if youre doing a quilted project.
Run this on a firm woven fabric, cream linen is my first choice because the warm palette of the cats and cups reads really well against it. Stable cutaway stabiliser, medium needle, hoop firmly. At 20 colour changes, take your time with the thread stops, dont rush and you wont get any overlapping starts. Avoid fleece or terry for this one, the fine latte art detail on the middle cup needs a smooth base to stitch cleanly. Email me if any of the 20 colour stops are landing out of sequence on your machine and Ill send over the full colour-order chart so you can match each cat to its cup correctly.
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 tea towels for cat-loving coffee drinkersStitch the 7-inch across the front of a cream linen tea towel and hang it in a kitchen with cat decor, its immediately the best thing in the room
- Apron front panel for a home barista or cat ownerAdd the 6-inch to an apron front pocket panel for a home barista or someone who lets their cat sit on the counter while they make coffee
- Canvas lunch bag for a coworker who has cats and coffeeEmbroider the medium size on a canvas lunch bag as a coworker gift for the person in the office who talks about their cats every single Monday
- Tote bag for a cat cafe or cat rescue fundraiserStitch onto a tote bag and donate it as a raffle prize at a cat rescue fundraiser, this kind of design moves fast at charity events
- Pillowcase border on a bed shared with a catRun the 10-inch across a pillowcase hem on a neutral cotton pillowcase for someone whose bed is also their cats bed
- Table runner embroidery for a weekend brunch setupUse the large size as a centrepiece on a linen table runner laid out for a weekend brunch where the host has cats present throughout
- Gift pouch for a coffee subscription or cat toy deliveryEmbroider the small 4.5-inch on a cotton gift pouch and use it to wrap a coffee subscription or cat treat delivery
- Pet bandana panel for a large dog or cat-friendly market stallStitch the medium size as a label panel on a handmade tote and sell it at a craft market targeting cat owners
Dimensions
12 sizes included. Stitch counts shown for the largest colorway.
| Size (in) | Stitches |
|---|---|
| 4.50 × 1.32 in | 13,907 |
| 5.00 × 1.47 in | 15,350 |
| 5.50 × 1.61 in | 16,910 |
| 6.00 × 1.76 in | 18,418 |
| 6.50 × 1.91 in | 19,991 |
| 7.00 × 2.05 in | 21,588 |
| 7.50 × 2.20 in | 23,125 |
| 8.00 × 2.35 in | 24,876 |
| 8.50 × 2.49 in | 26,476 |
| 9.00 × 2.64 in | 28,257 |
| 9.50 × 2.79 in | 30,126 |
| 10.50 × 3.08 in | 33,715 |
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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