Fall Books and Coffee Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Five books stacked up, a coffee mug balanced on top, autumn leaves scattered around the base. That's it. Honestly this one basically sells itself to anyone who considers themselves a reader or a coffee person, which is a lot of people. The mug has a little maple leaf on its side and 2 steam wisps curling up from the top. The books face spine-out so each one reads as a distinct colour, rust, burnt orange, warm brown, ochre, they all play off each other really nicely.

I love the composition because its so balanced, the whole thing sits square and stable rather than looking like its about to topple. 8 colours total and Wilcom did the punching, stitch direction on the book spines runs horizontally so the tatami fill actually looks like book texture under the satin binding lines. Stitch count goes from 20,517 at the light end to 47,575 for the largest size.

9 sizes in the file, two extremes are a 3.44 x 3.51 in mini and a 7.35 x 7.51 in jumbo. The square-ish aspect ratio means it fits nicely on tote bags, cushion panels and sweatshirt chests without needing to scale awkwardly. Pop a no-show mesh behind fleece or knit fabrics, a medium tearaway works fine on canvas tote bags and cotton.

People order this one a lot from september through november, its basically the unofficial uniform of the autumn reading season. Goes gorgeous on sage green, oatmeal, cream or deep rust fabrics, the warm colour palette looks good against almost any of the earthy autumn tones. Stitch speed matters on the mug detail, slow down a bit on those steam wisps so they stay crisp.