Built this one as a proper club badge and it realy commits to the bit. Round composition with the skeleton on the left throwing a peace sign, and the text arranged around it like an actual membership patch. Heres how the layout breaks down: 'Member' arches across the top in bold caps, 'of the' sits smaller underneath, then 'Old Balls' sweeps in a big cursive script right through the middle and 'Club' sits at the bottom in heavy satin block letters. Dot-dash border runs the whole circle edge. One colour, black, and thats all you need.
4 sizes from 4 inches to 7 inches square and the stitch range goes from 17,033 up to 29,750. Density is 606 stitches per square centimetre. The mix of script and block satin in the same composition is tricky to digitise because the tension requirements differ, but the Wilcom EmbroideryStudio work here keeps the cursive middle text from looking stringy next to the heavy slab letters below it. Layer a midweight cutaway sheet first on polo shirts and sweatshirts, tearaway on stiff canvas, and youll be fine.
This design sells alot as a 60th and 70th birthday gift. Ive had people order it for golf club polo shirts, for mens group hoodies, for a retirement party tote bag run, and one customer ordered 12 of them on black baseball caps for a guys golf weekend earlier this month. Stitch it on dark navy or black and it reads clean. Or go cream linen for a vintage club aesthetic, its a different vibe but still works.
Best placement on a polo shirt is left chest. On a cap it goes centred front panel. Pop it on a tote bag centred about 3 inches down from the top opening and its alot of visual for not alot of stitch time on the smaller sizes. Dont overthink the thread choice, theres only one stop in the file.
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.
- 60th and 70th birthday gift tees and hoodiesCentred chest on a crewneck sweatshirt in black or navy for a 60th birthday is the most common order for this design.
- Golf club polo shirts for older mens groupsLeft chest on a polo shirt for golf days with the old boys is the second most popular placement.
- Retirement party baseball caps in bulk ordersBaseball caps with this centred front for a retirement golf weekend, customers order 8-12 at a time.
- Funny mens gift sweatshirts for milestone birthdaysMilestone birthday gift sweatshirts ship well because the design is print-quality-level detail in embroidery.
- Gentlemens social club matching merchandiseSocial clubs and mens groups use this as a semi-official badge for matching merch at events.
- Father's Day gifts on canvas tote bagsCanvas tote bag with this stitched and a name or year below is a solid fathers day personalised gift.
- Bowling team shirts for older amateur leaguesBowling club teams love this for shirts when the average member age is 60-plus.
Dimensions
4 sizes included. Stitch counts shown for the largest colorway.
| Size (in) | Stitches |
|---|---|
| 4.01 × 4.01 in | 17,033 |
| 5.00 × 5.01 in | 21,054 |
| 6.00 × 6.01 in | 25,329 |
| 7.00 × 7.01 in | 29,750 |
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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Reyazul Masud Riham, hand-drawing every design on this site
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