Three colours, 3 sizes of mini heart, and the whole thing is kinda just one big heart made of a bunch of lil hearts. Theres no outline, no frame stroke. The large outer heart shape only exists because of how the smaller hearts are packed together. Red, magenta, and purple, and they alternate throughout so no two same-coloured hearts sit right next to each other. Honestly its one of those designs that reads differently from 3 feet away versus up close.
Stitch count sits at 7,173 on the smallest 3.53-inch wide version and climbs to 14,279 on the 6.18-inch. Three colour changes total, which is manageable even on older home machines. The digitising uses tight satin fills on each individual mini heart so the colour saturation is realy dense when you stitch it out. I run underlay on the individual hearts at the denser sections to keep everything crisp and the edges sharp.
A customer who does baby shower planning ordered this last march for gift cushion covers she makes for new mums. She stitched it in the corner of a white cotton pillow and left the inside of the big heart blank so she could add the babys name later in chain stitch. Suprised me how good that looked actually. Since then Ive had customising requests for wedding table runners and anniversary cards aswell.
Pop the 6-inch on a cream or blush cotton pillow cover corner for that baby shower or valentines look. Skip dark navy or black base fabrics here because the purple hearts absorb into dark backgrounds. White, ivory, and soft pink are your friends. Use cutaway stabiliser if youre stitching onto anything with stretch in it. The packed-heart arrangement will shift and gap on jersey if the stabiliser isnt solid.
Pair a smaller 4-inch version on a canvas tote front or a tea towel corner. Run the smallest 3.5-inch as a repeating pattern across a quilt block border, 4 in a row looks realy really good spaced evenly.
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.
- Baby shower gift cushion cornersStitch the 6-inch in a white cotton pillow corner, leave the heart centre blank for a name later.
- Valentines tote bag front panelUse the 5-inch on a natural canvas tote for a valentines gift that stands out from plain printed bags.
- Anniversary tea towel accentRun the 4-inch on a cream cotton tea towel corner as an anniversary table setting piece.
- Quilt block border repeat patternRepeat the 3.5-inch four times across a quilt block border with 1-inch spacing for a patchwork valentines throw.
- Greeting card fabric insertCut a 4-inch piece on blush cotton fabric and mount it inside a handmade greeting card window.
- Wedding favour bag embellishmentStitch on small drawstring fabric bags for wedding table favour pouches, one design per bag.
- Newborn nursery pillow coverEmbroider the 6-inch centred on a white cotton pillow cover for a newborn nursery room accent.
Dimensions
4 sizes included. Stitch counts shown for the largest colorway.
| Size (in) | Stitches |
|---|---|
| 3.53 × 4.00 in | 7,173 |
| 4.42 × 5.00 in | 9,269 |
| 5.30 × 6.00 in | 11,696 |
| 6.18 × 7.00 in | 14,279 |
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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Reyazul Masud Riham, hand-drawing every design on this site
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