Colorful Pencil Border Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Its a split border, which is the thing that makes this useful as a functional design and not just decorative. Top half: four pencils standing eraser-end up in a neat row, all lined up on a thin ruled baseline. The lower section mirrors that with the tip ends pointing downward in the same row arrangement, another ruled line beneath them. The gap in the middle is blank, which is the whole point, thats where a name or word goes. So this works as a name frame, a label border, a personalised patch, all of that.

Six colours, all bright and clean. Magenta-pink on the eraser caps, teal on the ferrule bands, yellow pencil bodies, and that orange-tan wood tip section you see on every classic school pencil. Black outlines throughout with white highlight dots on the erasers to give them a slightly glossy feel. Colour changes are 5, stitch count runs from 13k at the small hoop to about 40k at the largest, so its properly detailed at scale.

One customer ran a batch of the 4-inch on iron-on backing for a whole classrooms worth of pencil case labels last August and said the teal ferrule came out especially crisp on white cotton twill.

White or natural fabric is where this reads best. The six colours need a neutral background or the brightness clashes. Avoid dark fabrics. Medium cutaway stabiliser and standard embroidery needle, nothing unusual required. Leave the centre gap empty for personalisation or stitch a name in there with a matching satin thread after the main design is done.

Five sizes from about 3 inches wide up to nearly 6. All sizes use the same 6-colour sequence. Email me a chat if the sizing doesnt match your hoop and Ill check what fits your project. Skip dark fabric for the colour pop. Pop a firm cutaway behind stretch knits.