Hello Summer Popsicle Embroidery Design, Summer Fun, Instant Download

Six popsicles sit in a row across the bottom, each a different colour, and each one has a white letter on its face that spells out "summer" reading left to right. The colours rotate, teal, then red, then yellow, repeating twice across the row, all sitting on these fat orange sticks. Then above them, the word "hello" floats over the top in a big black cursive script, those looping letters that dip and curl and have that casual marker-pen feel to them. The whole thing reads like a banner you'd see at a beach party or a kids classroom door in june.

A customer told me last july she'd stitched this one onto her daughter's sun hat at the 4 inch size and it fit perfectly along the front brim, which I was happy to hear because I wasnt sure the smaller version would hold the detail in the letters. But it does, the white letter fills inside each popsicle are tight enough to read even at the smallest size. Five colour changes, orange first, then yellow, aqua, red and black for the script last.

Tape a layer of cutaway stabiliser behind the fabric before you hoop, dont go tearaway on this one. The popsicle fills use a decent density of 523 and youll get shifting if the stabiliser isnt firm. Try stitching on a white cotton jersey or a pale linen, the teal and red really pop on light backgrounds and the black script stays sharp. Skip dark navy or black fabric altogether, those bright fills wont read clearly against a dark background.

Four sizes: 4 inch, 5 inch, 6 inch and 7 inch wide. Stitch count runs from 7,630 at the smallest to 15,981 at the largest. Use the 4 inch on hats and small pouches. Go 6 or 7 inch on shirts, totes and pillow panels.