Three colours, 3 stops, and the joke lands in about five seconds flat. Left side has Oh in red cursive script, the letters flowing easy with that casual hand-written lean. Centre is the gingerbread man himself in warm orange with a running stitch outline tracing his body, arms out, round head, the classic cookie shape. One leg is clean gone and theres a few small crumb fragments scattered below where it snapped, stitched as loose oval satin dots. Snap! sits underneath in dark forest green, same loose script style as the Oh on the left so it all reads together like a caption.
The cookie fill is at 373 stitches per inch which keeps it light and fast, especially on the smaller sizes. At 3.50 inches the design finishes around 7,000 stitches, well under 20 minutes on most machines. The largest at 7.50 inches hits about 18,000. Im running this digitised in Wilcom EmbroideryStudio and the lettering columns hold clean even at the 3.50-inch size, which is the tricky one with smaller text areas. Use a tear-away stabiliser on woven fabric, light cutaway on jersey.
One customer ordered this last christmas for a whole batch of kids holiday tees, she wanted the medium size on red cotton and said the green Snap text really popped. Kinda a perfect combination honestly. Light fabrics work best because the warm orange reads clearly without needing a backing contrast. White, cream and light grey are the obvious picks. Thats three thread swaps total, which is kinda its whole appeal, quick run, big reaction.
Five sizes from 3.50 inches up to 7.50 inches. Use the small for a pocket or sleeve placement and go big for a full chest on an adult sweatshirt. Works on tees, aprons, bags, christmas pyjama tops and really any flat cotton surface where you want something funny rather than pretty this holiday season. Dont overthink the placement, it reads well wherever you put it. Put this next to a straight christmas design and watch which one people comment on.
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.
- kids christmas tee or sweatshirtStitch the 5-inch size on a red or white kids tee for a christmas outfit that'll get laughed at in the best way
- adult holiday apronPut the medium size on an apron bib and wear it while doing christmas baking, it basically explains itself
- christmas pyjama topUse the 3.50-inch size on a cotton pyjama pocket for a christmas eve set they wont want to take off
- festive tote bag or gift bagRun the 5-inch version on a natural canvas tote and its both a bag and a conversation starter
- holiday pocket or sleeve patchHoop the smallest size on a sleeve or chest pocket of a sweatshirt for a subtle holiday joke placement
- christmas kitchen towelStitch the medium on a white cotton tea towel for a christmas kitchen set that actually makes people smile
- funny christmas ornament backingEmbroider the 3.50-inch version on a felt circle and attach as the front of a handmade holiday ornament
Dimensions
5 sizes included. Stitch counts shown for the largest colorway.
| Size (in) | Stitches |
|---|---|
| 3.50 × 3.03 in | 7,056 |
| 4.50 × 3.89 in | 9,459 |
| 5.50 × 4.76 in | 12,085 |
| 6.51 × 5.62 in | 14,960 |
| 7.50 × 6.48 in | 18,127 |
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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