Love You Now Forever Always Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Its set up like a to-do list, which sounds odd for a love design but it really works. Top of the composition has love you in flowing black brush script, the kind with thick downstrokes and thin upstrokes, proper calligraphy rhythm. Two small red hearts float near the top right. Then below it come three lines, each with a red checkbox square on the left. Now, forever, always, all written in the same bouncy brush hand, and every box has a bold red checkmark ticked inside it. The message is that all three have already been done. Its a sweet concept.

Two colours: black handles the lettering and the checkbox outlines, red fills the ticks and the decorative hearts. The brush script has genuine variation in stroke weight so it reads as hand-drawn rather than printed. The checkbox squares are clean and geometric, which gives the calligraphy a little structure to lean against. Total composition is taller than it is wide, shaped like a short note card.

Five sizes in the file, from 3.51 wide by 2.86 tall up to 7.51 by 6.12. Stitch range is 10k to 23k. Density is 503, comfortable middle ground, not so dense it stiffens the fabric, not so light that the lettering looks thin and scratchy. Works well on cotton, linen, felt and denim. Use a medium cutaway and float water-soluble topping if the fabric has any texture at all, the thin brush script upstrokes need a firm base to hold their shape.

White, cream or pale blush backgrounds let the two-colour layout land cleanly. Put it on dark fabric too, just use a satin underlay and the black lettering will sit properly. Smallest size fits a pocket or a zip pouch front. Large size fills a cushion cover or a tote panel nicely. Its the kind of design people run more than once. I get messages from people saying they ran it on valentines cushions and then came back for a matching tote or two. Check your tension before the first proper piece and youll be fine. Leave a note if anythings off and ill look at it with you.