I drew this hot air balloon last april for a customer building a kids travel-themed nursery, after she said her son was suprised every time he saw one floating overhead, real-life or storybook. Striped balloon, two clouds, a tiny bird, a small wicker basket. Bright but not loud, reads well at both ends of the size range.
Set includes 14 sizes from 3.51 inches wide up to 7.51 inches, stitch counts from 1075 to 30997. Eight colours total in the palette, density around 645 stitches per square, very manageable on most cotton and canvas. Digitised in Wilcom with the balloon body first then the stripes layered on top, clouds running fills in soft directional satin, bird outline last. Tinier hoops get a lot of love so theyre in there.
Use a midweight cutaway for stretchy fabric and a tearaway for stiff cotton. The vertical stripes need a hooping squared up nicely or theyll lean. One customer ordered the 7-inch and ran it on a denim nursery banner, said it stitched out clean after she added a sheet of water-soluble topping. Use polyester thread for richer colour on the stripes. Avoid metallic thread, it fights the satin work.
Goes great on baby onesies, kids tees, travel themed pillow covers, canvas storage baskets, hoop art. Pair with a small plane or cloud motif for matching sets. Email me a quick note if a file acts up and Ill fix it.
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 onesie centre placementTravel-nursery onesie chest at the 3.51 inch with soft cutaway, the fine 70 microtex keeps the vertical stripes square.
- Kids t-shirt chest designKids cotton tees at 5 inch want the stripes squared up in the hoop, midweight cutaway behind and slow stitch speed.
- Nursery pillow cover frontNursery pillow cover fronts at 6 inch landed clean for a customer who shifted the stripes to pastels for her daughters room.
- Canvas storage basket panelDenim nursery banner orders ran the 7 inch and the customer added water-soluble topping for crisper stripes.
- Hoop art nursery decorWooden hoop frames at 7.51 inch direct, just a tearaway scrap behind for backing support.
- Travel themed tote bagSmall travel-themed canvas totes at 6 inch want the machine slowed on the dense stripe sections.
- Quilt block centre pieceQuilt block centre placements at 5.medium build with fusible and careful pressing finishes it nicely.
Dimensions
9 sizes included. Stitch counts shown for the largest colorway.
| Size (in) | Stitches |
|---|---|
| 2.99 × 3.51 in | 12,314 |
| 3.42 × 4.01 in | 14,319 |
| 3.84 × 4.51 in | 16,392 |
| 4.27 × 5.01 in | 18,617 |
| 4.70 × 5.51 in | 20,941 |
| 5.12 × 6.01 in | 23,286 |
| 5.55 × 6.51 in | 25,749 |
| 5.97 × 7.01 in | 28,367 |
| 6.40 × 7.51 in | 30,997 |
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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