Pencil With Bow and Stars Embroidery Design, Girly Back to School Machine Embroidery Pattern, Instant Download

Mocked up the bow big on purpose here. Its not a small decorative touch, the bow actually takes up more visual space than the pencil itself. The loops fill with directional satin at density 819, so they look raised and almost ribbon-like when stitched on a smooth cotton. The pencil body runs in a warm orange-brown satin column and the eraser top is a contrasting blue cap, and thats one of those details that makes the whole thing read as a proper illustration rather than a generic school graphic. People keep asking if theres a version without the stars and honestly the stars are what give it that scattered confetti energy, Id keep em in.

Six colours: crimson red, orange, light pink, sky blue, cream, and black. Five colour changes, and theres a real visual payoff on that fifth pass when the black outlines lock everything together. Stars scatter outward from the design, roughly 3 pink and 3 blue, in a loose asymmetric pattern that spreads right across the composition. On lighter fabrics like white or pale grey, those tiny stars really pop. Stitch range is 15,894 at the 3.5-inch size all the way to 39,922 at 7.5 inches wide. Add glitter thread to the star sections if your machine handles it, I tried it last week with a Madeira Glamour filament and it was a nice touch. Use smooth cotton twill or a stiff canvas with cutaway stabiliser underneath for the cleanest result.

Five sizes, all built in Wilcom EmbroideryStudio. The bow underlay gets set as a base layer first so the satin sits clean on textured fabrics without sinking into the weave. Skip the 7.5-inch on anything smaller than an 8x8 hoop field, but it scales down well to 4 inches for a cap front or a small pouch. Avoid dark base fabrics because the cream and sky blue elements wont read against anything below a mid-grey.