Heres the dad fixes everything design and its got proper hardware shop energy across nine sizes. The wording sits up top in three stacked rows. Dad in chunky serif slab caps, then Fixes in a smaller rope-bordered banner with hyphen marks each side, then Everything in another bold slab line below. Reads like an old garage signboard on cream canvas, real fathers day gift territory. Underneath the words sits a battered metal toolbox, drawn in a vintage woodcut etching style with proper crosshatch shading on the body and the lid catch. A red handled hammer head pokes up from the centre. To the left a wrench sticks out, jaws open. On the right two screwdriver handles peer over the rim. The whole tin has that scratched, well-loved look. Everything is rendered in 4 colours, charcoal grey body fill, crimson red on the hammer and the rope-banner detail, off-black outlines, cream highlights catching the rim of the lid.
Last june around father's day weekend an HVAC tech in colorado wrote me asking for the design on heavy duck workshop aprons, and that single conversation led me to lean into the etched look, kinda like an old sears tool catalogue page. Customers been ordering it nonstop ever since. Realising too that mums grab it for handyman partners aswell. Not just dads.
Stitch on heather grey, oatmeal cotton, or natural canvas for that retro hardware feel. This reads best on lighter neutrals over pastels, the design needs a stable mid-tone to let the crosshatch shading show. Charcoal tee works great, sage green canvas reads well too. Set the 7.5 inch wide size on a workshop apron and Run the 4-inch on a zip pouch or beer coozie. Run a cutaway stabiliser, the toolbox fills are dense at 48k stitches.
Densest section is the toolbox shell plus the etched shading on the hammer head. Switch to a 75/11 sharp on woven cotton, swap to a 80/12 ballpoint if youre digitising for stretchy fleece zip-ups. Drop the speed during the centre running stitch on the crosshatch detail so the lines stay sharp, ya dont want them blurring into one grey blob. Ping me on the chat box if your stitches look loose, ill re-density it.
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.
- fathers day gift tee for dadStitch the 7-inch on a charcoal tee for a fathers day gift, finishes the look with rolled sleeves.
- workshop apron for handymanPop the 7.5-inch across a heavy duck canvas workshop apron front for the dad who lives at the workbench.
- garage canvas tool toteEmbroider the largest size on a natural canvas tool tote and use it as the gift wrap aswell as the gift.
- vintage hardware-shop wall hoopHoop the 5-inch in a 7-inch wooden frame and hang it above the garage workbench as a vintage signboard piece.
- beer coozie or zip pouch for toolsSew a small 3.5-in motif on a beer coozie or denim zip pouch for tools and screws on the trunk shelf.
- denim jacket back panel for dadRun the bigger size on a denim panel back panel and the etched toolbox sits balanced under the shoulders.
- barbecue gift bundle pillowStitch on a cream cotton cushion cover for a barbecue dad gift bundle, slips into a 14-inch pillow form.
Dimensions
9 sizes included. Stitch counts shown for the largest colorway.
| Size (in) | Stitches |
|---|---|
| 3.51 × 2.77 in | 19,192 |
| 4.01 × 3.17 in | 22,317 |
| 4.51 × 3.56 in | 25,559 |
| 5.01 × 3.96 in | 28,998 |
| 5.51 × 4.35 in | 32,456 |
| 6.01 × 4.75 in | 36,276 |
| 6.51 × 5.15 in | 40,328 |
| 7.01 × 5.55 in | 44,373 |
| 7.51 × 5.94 in | 48,361 |
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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