Dad I Love You Embroidery Design, Instant Download

The word DAD stretches across in three big bold black serif capitals at 5 sizes from 4.01 to 8.01 inches wide, and right through the centre runs the phrase i love you in flowing red cursive script with a tiny red heart dotting the i. That cursive line overlays the black serif letters, which gives it the classic two-layer typography look you see on greeting cards. Suprised how often this exact composition shows up in the fathers day window of a card shop, but it works for a reason.

Two colours, black and valentine red. Stitch counts run from 5,658 on the smallest 1.55 inch height up to 13,994 on the largest 3.1 inch height. Density sits at 564 which is on the higher side because the bold serif fills are heavy, but I broke each capital into segmented satin blocks with directional fill so the push and pull on cotton stays even. I digitised it in my software and the red script uses a fine zigzag underlay so the cursive sits proud of the black without sinking, and the heart over the i is a single satin column that runs in one pass.

Sequencing matters here. The black capitals stitch first all the way through, then a single colour change to red and the script runs over the top. Skip a stop in the wrong order and youll get red bobbin pulled into your black fill. Trust me on that one. Took me three test runs on calico to lock the order in.

One customer mailed me last june about stitching the 5-inch design on a plain navy polo for her father in law on fathers day. She said he doesnt wear anything but blank polos for golf, and this became the only embroidered thing in his rotation. He apparently wore it to a club tournament the next weekend.

Best on white, cream, light grey, navy, or sage cotton and pique. Avoid red fabric, the script disappears. Use medium cutaway behind any knit and a layer of tearaway on woven cotton. Skip terry cloth and waffle weave, the serif fills lose their crisp edges in the loops. Dm me through Etsy convo if youd like the cursive recoloured to match a specific shirt or a different name swapped in for the lead word, Ill rebuild the script layer in a few hours and email it across.