Medical Star of Life Embroidery Design, EMS Caduceus Badge Pattern, Instant Download

Pulled together this star of life design for the healthcare workers and medical folks who want a proper version of the emblem, not a cartoon. The six-pointed star body is done in a dense red tatami fill, and sitting right in the centre is the caduceus, the staff with 2 snakes wound around it and wings at the top. Its a lot going on in a 3 to 5 inch space and it holds up well at all sizes. The wing feathers are directional stitched so they actually read as feathers rather than a flat shape.

3 colours total, red for the star, black for the caduceus detail, and a lil bit of white for the wing highlights. Theres four colour changes across the sequence. Stitch count is 8,361 on the small and goes up to 19,478 on the 5 inch, which is a dense piece at that size. Youll want to plan your bobbin thread accordingly on the large version.

I get orders for this one from paramedics wanting something on their kit bag, nurses getting a custom scrub top done, and honestly alot of people buying it for graduation gifts when someone qualifies as an EMT or first responder. A customer put the 4 inch onto a navy canvas tote for her daughter who finished her paramedic certification last spring. Simple and meaningful. Shed been looking for something like this for months apparently.

Back stretch fabric like scrub tops with cutaway stabiliser, its worth the extra step because the dense red fill will pull on any stretch cotton without it. Tearaway is plenty under woven cotton or canvas items. Dont rush through the fill sequence, give the machine time to lay each row clean.

Stitch it centred on the left chest of a scrub top or use the smallest 3 inch size as a bag badge. Ping me if you need the file in a different arrangement and Ill sort that out for you.