Game Day Football Bow Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Pulled together a football bow and this one came out really well. The text at the top reads game day in chunky arched block letters, a dark brown-black that curves over the bow below. The bow itself is full-size and centred, the kind of big ribbon bow youd tie on a hair clip or glue to a headband. Its textured to look like actual football leather, with the satin fill running lengthways across both bow wings and the classic lace stitch marks in white dashes overlaid right across the centre. Two little horizontal white stripes appear on the bow tails at the bottom, the same way a real football has its white stripes near the ends.

Its a square-ish design at the largest size, 7.42 wide and 7.51 tall, so it fills a hoop evenly. The smallest at 3.47 by 3.51 works as a badge-size chest placement on a tee or hoodie. 7 colours: the deep red fill, a darker brick-red for the fold shadows, near-black for the outer border and the arched text, white for the lace marks and the stripe detail, and a mid-brown for the knot centre of the bow where it cinches in.

Density is 696 stitches per square inch and tops out at 38k on the 7.5-inch, which is reasonable for a design this detailed. The bow outline is a dense satin column that gives it a bold graphic edge, and the fill inside each bow wing runs at an angle to catch the light differently than the outline itself. That angle-against-outline effect is what makes it look dimensional rather than flat. Hoop on a medium cutaway stabiliser for any woven base. For stretchy fabric like a knit hoodie or a jersey tee, go to a heavier cutaway and use a water-soluble topping so the lace mark detail doesnt sink into the fabric nap. The white on red will only read cleanly if the bobbin tension is right, so do a test run first.

Text me or drop a message if you need the text layer removed, some customers want just the bow without the arched lettering so they can personalise with their own team name below. I can rebuild the variation for you. One customer last autumn ordered the bow-only version so she could add her school mascot name underneath for a cheer squad jacket. Thats exactly the kind of thing this design is built for.

Best on dark or bold base colours: black, navy, dark green, burgundy, dark grey. The red bow will disappear on any light red or pink background, so avoid those. Pick the plain cotton or a smooth polyester-cotton blend for the cleanest satin finish. Use 40wt thread throughout for the fill sections and 60wt on those lace dash marks if your machine setup allows it. Run the text arch first as a registration anchor, then the bow body, then the lace overlay last. Text me if those white overlay dashes are getting swallowed into that deep satin and Ill tweak the underlay density for ya.