Inspirational Mother Quote Embroidery Design, She Is Strong Mom Machine Embroidery, Instant Download

The layout here is basically a visual sandwich. Thin black cursive she is at the top, quiet and delicate, with a tiny open heart sitting where the dot on the i should be. Then it drops straight into 5 stacked teal block words: Strong, Brave, Gorgeous, Lovely, Fearless. Each word is in a slightly different decorative font, some with serifs, some rounded, and each one has these horizontal speed-lines and starburst rays shooting out from the sides like the words are radiating energy. Then mom closes it out at the bottom in another flowing black cursive that anchors the whole stack. Its a lot of visual information but it reads cleanly because the black and teal stay well separated throughout.

The teal is a proper bright cyan, not a muted dusty blue. 2 colour stops, black goes first for the cursive sections, then teal for the five bold word fills. Theres 1 colour change mid-stitch which is dead simple. The contrast between the thin black script lines and the thick teal fills is what gives it that punch. If youre going for a statement piece on a plain white tee, this is the one that earns it.

Stitch count is moderate, about 20k on the largest 8-inch size and 10k on the smallest 4-inch. The speed-lines extending from each word add a fair bit of thread travel so back this with a woven stabiliser that wont shift. Iron a mid-weight woven interfacing to the back of jersey before hooping and the cursive lines sit cleanly without being dragged sideways by the thicker teal fills. A customer picked this for a school fundraiser tote last spring and mentioned the teal against natural canvas reads almost turquoise in daylight, which is a pretty nice side effect on plain undyed fabric.

Five sizes from 4 inches up to 8 inches wide. Digitised in Wilcom EmbroideryStudio. Hoop tight. Skip loose weaves and open-knit fabrics, the starburst speed-lines need a stable ground to stay sharp.