This one came from a customer in dallas who runs a small business making gag gifts for father's day. She messaged me back in april, suprised me by asking for a bull sitting on a toilet reading the paper, kind of a stereotypical dad joke design but rendered well enough to actually stitch onto a quality bathroom hand towel. So I sat down with my sketchbook and worked out the proportions. Took three drafts before the toilet looked like a toilet and not a chair.
Ten sizes ship in the file. Widths run 2.42 inches up to 5.19, heights stretch 3.49 to seven point five inches, so this design reads vertical. Stitch counts go 1040 on the tiniest version up to 27690 on the largest. 10 colour palette, warm browns for the bull body, white and pale grey for the porcelain, black for the outlines and horns, newsprint grey on the paper. Density at 711 per square inch is firm because body bull the has heavy fill. Hooves crossed. Newspaper held up. Fast on the machine for its size. Thats kinda the magic of the line weight. Heres a thing nobody warns you about. Quick stitching once the hoop is set. Quick stitching for what you get. Poly 40-weight is my colour-pop pick here. Im seeing fast run times for this one. Its fast to stitch for what it returns.
Hoop with two layers of medium cutaway on knit fabrics, the dense fill needs the support. Lay a wash-away over terry cloth, alright bathroom towels are usually terry and the small face features will sink without it. The newspaper text uses tiny running lines so a slow stitch speed protects em from bunching.
The dallas customer ran the 4.5-inch version on dark grey cotton hand towels and they flew out for fathers day. Stitch on cotton with bobbin matched to towel colour for the cleanest finish.
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.
- Bathroom hand towel front featureDallas gag-gift maker ran this on dark grey cotton hand towels for fathers day stock. Towels flew out, two cutaway layers held the dense fill clean.
- Novelty fathers day t-shirt designFathers day novelty tee orders centre the 5 inch on cotton, with a 40-weight thread to keep the fill flat against the chest.
- Mens cotton boxer shorts featureBoxer short fronts work the petite 3.5 version. No-show mesh under the knit, bobbin matched to shorts.
- Joke gift tote bag frontJoke order birthday gift totes, the 5.19 inch sits on heavy canvas with two tearaway layers and patience for ten colour changes.
- Mens lounge shorts pocket designLounge short pocket placements are a low-key dad gift. Cutaway behind, polyester thread for laundry runs.
- Cotton kitchen tea towel featureTea towel humour sets sell hard at craft fairs, run this with topping over the cotton so the newspaper detail holds.
- Stocking stuffer pouch front designStocking stuffer pouches are a quick stitch with the 3.5 inch run, tearaway behind for the smaller hoop.
Dimensions
9 sizes included. Stitch counts shown for the largest colorway.
| Size (in) | Stitches |
|---|---|
| 3.49 × 2.42 in | 8,724 |
| 4.00 × 2.76 in | 10,601 |
| 4.49 × 3.11 in | 12,573 |
| 5.00 × 3.46 in | 14,698 |
| 5.50 × 3.81 in | 16,941 |
| 6.00 × 4.15 in | 19,377 |
| 6.49 × 4.50 in | 22,060 |
| 7.00 × 4.84 in | 24,842 |
| 7.50 × 5.19 in | 27,690 |
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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