Merry and Bright Embroidery Design, Holiday Typography Pattern, Instant Download

A layered holiday typography phrase where the two key words sit in completely different letter treatments. The first word runs in chunky block satin fill, a small connector word tucks in between, and the second stretches out in a wider flowing script. Five colours keep it from looking flat: deep red on the big block letters, a warm gold script thread, forest green for the connector fill, cream on the highlight layer, and a dark outline that pulls the whole thing together. Its the kind of multi-colour lettering build that takes a bit of care at the machine but the result looks genuinely hand-crafted rather than just printed.

Five sizes, the smallest is 2.86 inches wide by 3.51 inches tall and the largest goes to 6.12 by 7.51 which is a big stitchout, you're looking at 18,883 stitches up there. Stitch counts start at 8,390 at the smallest. And density is 411 which means the satin sections have good coverage without being brick-hard after washing. Back it with midweight cutaway behind at the larger sizes, the tall vertical height of 7.51 inches means alot of up-and-down directional satin that can pull on loose stabilisation. Hoop the fabric and stabiliser together rather than floating, it makes a real difference on a build this layered.

I stitched a test run of the 5-in across a dark charcoal fleece last winter and the red-and-gold on dark fabric was one of the nicest results Ive had from a text design. A customer who bought it last november told me she ran it on red velvet using gold and cream thread instead of the standard colours and it came out looking completely different, almost like a classic ornament motif. Pair with a cutaway backing on any fabric thats not a stable woven, and run a topping sheet on velvet or any surface with pile so the satin columns dont sink into the texture.