Hello Summer Embroidery Design, Summer Lettering Machine Embroidery Pattern, Instant Download

This is one of those designs I made mostly for myself, summer is my favourite season and I wanted something light and festive that worked on a tote or a shirt without being too heavy. Six colours, density 42, so its genuinely quick to stitch, the largest 7.5 inch version is 15,271 stitches, and the smallest 3.5 inch version clocks in around 1,034. Low stitch counts like this are forgiving on thinner fabrics and you can get away with tearaway stabiliser on most woven cottons.

The lettering uses a mix of column stitches for the thicker parts of the script and smaller satin sections for the thinner hairline strokes. Skip the topping film unless youre stitching on terry cloth, for quilting cotton or linen you dont need it and it slows the whole process down. Stitch the hairline sections at a reduced speed if your machine tends to skip stitches on fine satin columns. I had a customer email me a message saying she made a whole set of summer kitchen towels with this, one per towel, and they looked great going into july, I thought that was a sweet idea actually.

The lowercase lettering style means its readable at even the 3.5 inch size, valentines day and halloween designs can get unreadable at small sizes but this one holds up because the letterforms are big and open. The density of 42 is by design, too dense and the fabric puckers on lightweight cotton, the underlay does the work here instead. Use 40wt thread for the script body and 60wt for the hairline accent strokes if your machine supports it, the difference in weight gives the lettering more dimension. Email me if you want a lighter colour version or have questions about the colour stops before you begin.