Two hikers on a trail, both facing away, trekking poles out, big backpacks on. The scene sits inside an oval composition thats shaped like a vintage sticker badge. Around the bottom ya've got a rocky burnt orange trail, then the pine trees rise up on both sides as solid near-black silhouettes. In the background the snow-capped mountain face is a cool teal blue, and behind everything is a huge golden amber sun disc. A hot pink gradient band cuts across the middle where mountain meets sky. Twelve colours, alot of contrast layering, and its the kind of composition that reads as a classic adventure badge from across a room.
I made this one for outdoor gear shops and hiking gift stores, the kind of places that sell custom tees and caps at national park visitors centres. I been meaning to add more adventure designs like this, the customer response has been strong. Last month an outfitter in the pacific northwest ordered the 5.5-inch version for their fleece vest range and they came back for a second batch. Its one of those retro colour treatments that works especially well on olive, slate grey, or black fabric.
Pick the 2.75-inch for a cap front or chest pocket. Run the 5-inch on a tee or hoodie chest centred, the oval sits nicely there. Use the 5.9-inch on a canvas tote or backpack flap where ya have room to let the full composition breathe. Avoid busy patterned fabric because the layered fills need a solid ground or the framing outline gets visually lost against the background.
58k stitches on the biggest size, which is alot, I wont pretend otherwise. Use a proper cutaway stabiliser on anything knit or fleece, go tearaway only on firm woven cotton or canvas. The pine silhouettes are dense satin fill at that size, ease the machine speed down for those sections. Hoop tight and keep it stable or the outer framing stitching can wobble at the corners. Wilcom digitised it with underlay on each fill zone so its running clean on most machines. Stitch count sits at 22k on the smallest size if ya want to test it first.
Email me if you hit any issues with the composition outline on your first test stitch and I can tweak the density settings for your machine type.
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.
- Outdoor gear shop custom tees and capsStitch the 2.75-inch on a cap front panel for an outdoor gear shop's branded staff hat or customer merch.
- National park visitor centre apparelPop the 5-inch on a black tee for a national park visitors centre souvenir shirt, the retro palette sells itself.
- Hiking club event merchandiseRun the medium size on caps and tees for a hiking club weekend event or trail race participant gift.
- Camping gift canvas tote bagsSew the 4-inch on a waxed canvas tote bag as a camping gift bag for an outdoor enthusiast.
- Trail running club jacket patchesEmbroider the badge on a fleece or softshell jacket patch for a trail running club uniform.
- Adventure travel brand branded apparelUse the 5.9-inch on a canvas backpack flap for an adventure travel brand's promotional gear.
- Mountain lodge staff uniform embroideryStitch on olive or charcoal staff shirts for a mountain lodge or eco-lodge uniform.
- Personalised hiking gift for outdoors enthusiastFrame the 7.5-inch in a hoop as a personalised hiking gift for someone who just completed a big trail.
Dimensions
9 sizes included. Stitch counts shown for the largest colorway.
| Size (in) | Stitches |
|---|---|
| 2.75 × 3.50 in | 22,315 |
| 3.14 × 4.00 in | 26,166 |
| 3.53 × 4.50 in | 30,183 |
| 3.93 × 5.00 in | 34,269 |
| 4.32 × 5.50 in | 39,083 |
| 4.72 × 6.00 in | 43,794 |
| 5.11 × 6.50 in | 48,569 |
| 5.51 × 7.00 in | 53,371 |
| 5.90 × 7.50 in | 58,859 |
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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