Dripping Smiley Face Embroidery Design, Instant Download

The face is round and screaming with that big wide grin but the paint is sort of melting off it in three neon colours. Blue takes up the main body of the face, lime green bleeds across the top-left like a wave of slime, and hot pink wraps the jaw and drips down below the chin in long teardrop shapes. The eyes are cut out as hollow white ovals and the grin is white too, so the colours really saturate behind those gaps. Its loud and thats the whole point.

Three colours, 2 changes, but at 43,423 stitches on the 7.5 run its one of the denser designs in the shop. Density sits at 1,041 stitches per square inch on the body fill. Hoop tight and use heavy cutaway stabiliser underneath, theres no shortcut here. The drip shapes at the base are the most technically interesting part, professional tools tapered the satin columns at the drip tips so theyll end in a proper point rather than a blunt edge, which is harder to digitise than it sounds. Slow your speed down on those tip sections.

This one showed up last summer in a bunch of streetwear posts that found my shop through search. A buyer from the US bought 3 sizes in one go, said he was customising a batch of y2k-style crewnecks for a small brand launch. He sent me a product photo of the largest size on a black heavyweight cotton and it honestly looked like it could be a $90 vintage-inspired piece. Best endorsement Ive had for any design.

Stitch on dark fabric only: black, charcoal, or dark navy cotton or heavyweight jersey. Skip anything less than 300 gsm cotton for the large sizes, the stitch density doesnt suit thin fabric. Dont scrimp on the cutaway, the pink drip sections pull badly on unsupported jersey. Run a test stitch on the 3.5-in chest first if youre working with a new fabric to check the drip tip quality before committing to a full shirt.