Six elements stacked tall. Tiny black The at the very top, red scroll banner with curling paper ends holding the word Dishes, then a teeny black script are looking at me with curly black flourishes either side, then a huge bold red Dirty taking up nearly half the design, capped with a chunky black Again flanked by two leaf droplet shapes at the bottom. Five sizes, 4 to 8 inches wide, tallest hits 7.15. Stitch count starts at 11,589 and climbs to 25,026 on the biggest one which is why this sits in the complex tier rather than medium.
Density runs 438 which is pretty packed. The scroll banner has a hollow letter treatment, the Dishes letters are outlined red rather than filled solid, so the underlay matters alot here, gotta keep the red border crisp. Run a layer of water-soluble topping on anything with surface texture cause that hollow lettering will sink into terry or waffle weave otherwise. The script middle line is small, just 6 to 8mm tall on most sizes, so its got the most risk of trim breaks. Test stitch first if you havent run signpainter typography before.
Digitised in professional embroidery software. The red banner runs first as a base layer, then black layers on top for the script, Again word and leaf shapes, which keeps the red flat without colour bleed at the edges. One customer wrote me last week and said she ran the 6-inch on a set of four cotton tea towels as a housewarming gift for her sister, who actually hates doing dishes and apparently cried laughing. So thats a real review right there, not made up.
Cream cotton, white flour-sack, natural linen, and pale grey twill all work great here cause the colour contrast lands without competing. Avoid prints and busy weaves cause the design is alot to look at on its own and clashes with patterned fabric. Skip stretch jersey unless you hoop tight with firm cutaway, the dense banner pulls the weave. Use medium tearaway under linen and topping film over waffle. Reach me if you spot odd jump stitches in the script row and ill clean the trim sequence for you.
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.
- funny kitchen tea towels and dish drying linensEmbroider the 6-inch on cotton flour-sack tea towels as a four-pack housewarming gift for the friend who never does dishes on time
- novelty cotton apron front designStitch the 7-inch on the full front of a natural cotton apron for a novelty kitchen-humour cooking gift
- housewarming gift cotton flour-sack towel setsRun the 5-inch on cream tea towels and bundle three with a wooden spoon and dish soap for an easy housewarming present
- humour kitchen wall art running a 7-in hoop frameHoop the 8-inch in a 9-inch wooden frame and hang it above the kitchen sink as a deadpan funny wall piece
- bachelor or college dorm kitchen towel giftsPop the 6-inch on cotton tea towels and gift them to a college student moving into their first off-campus apartment
- anti-Valentines or galentine kitchen-themed giftDrop the 7-inch onto a canvas tea towel for a galentine kitchen gift bundle paired with a bar of fancy dish soap
- cotton tote bag for the cookbook-collecting friendAdd the 5-inch to a cotton tote bag front panel for the friend who collects cookbooks but avoids the actual washing up
- sarcastic mother day or birthday cotton towel bundleStitch the 6.5-inch on a tea towel as a sarcastic mother day gift wrapped with a pair of yellow rubber gloves
Dimensions
5 sizes included. Stitch counts shown for the largest colorway.
| Size (in) | Stitches |
|---|---|
| 4.00 × 3.58 in | 11,589 |
| 5.00 × 4.47 in | 14,577 |
| 6.00 × 5.36 in | 17,873 |
| 7.00 × 6.26 in | 21,317 |
| 8.00 × 7.15 in | 25,026 |
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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