Spent a weekend on the pizza, vespa, coffee and colosseum row, its set up like a travel journal strip. Four small italy icons running left to right, evenly spaced. Pizza slice with pepperoni and basil leaves, classic red vespa scooter, cappuccino cup with a spoon resting in the saucer, and the Roman colosseum on the far right. Seventeen colours total, lots of small detail packed into a slim horizontal layout.
Pizza slice has the cheese as a warm yellow tatami fill with red pepperoni dots laid on top in satin discs, and three little basil leaves done in directional green. Vespa is built from short satin segments stacked into the curved scooter shape, with a darker red shadow tone giving it that vintage glossy look. Coffee cup uses a cream satin body with dusty cocoa swirling on the cappuccino foam. The colosseum is the most stitch-loaded one, sandy beige stone arches done in cross-direction stitches so the masonry texture reads properly close up.
I drew this for italy holiday merch, hen-do tote bags, foodie aprons and small travel-themed gear. Strip is slim, biggest size 7.5 inches wide and only 1.65 tall, smallest 3.5 by 0.77, so its a side-of-bag strip or a tee chest stripe. A customer ordered the 6-inch last june for her sisters Rome hen weekend, stitched on canvas tote bags filled with little goodies for each guest. She emailed back saying the row of icons was the bit everyone kept pointing at.
Best results stitch on a smooth woven cotton, washed canvas, light denim or a cream linen. Cream, off-white, soft sand or pale dusty pink lets the warm yellows and reds pop. Skip dark navy or black, the sandy colosseum stone gets lost. Avoid stretchy jersey, the slim icon shapes will distort along the strip.
Density sits around 1170 per square inch, max 14k stitches across the full strip. Try a medium tearaway stabiliser. Hoop firmly so the row dont skew along the long horizontal, that slim height makes any pull obvious. Run the smallest size only on tight wovens, the colosseum detail packs in close. Email me direct if a vespa colour run shifts and Ill rework the file for ya.
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.
- Italy hen-do tote bag frontsStitch the 6-inch on a cream canvas tote front for an italy hen weekend so each guest gets a matching bag
- Travel journal canvas pouchPop the 5-inch on a small canvas pouch for a travel journal kit with pens, washi and a passport sleeve
- Pizzeria staff apron stripsPlace the 7-inch on a cream apron worn by pizzeria staff so the strip reads across the chest from across the room
- Cafe tea towel borderAdd the 4-inch as a border row on a linen tea towel for a cafe gift shop tied with brown twine
- Holiday tee chest stripeEmbroider the 5-inch as a chest stripe on a cream tee for a summer holiday capsule with a packing tag
- Souvenir cushion cover edgePlace the 6-inch along the lower edge of a sand cushion cover for a travel-themed reading-corner set
- Foodie cookbook cover linenStitch the 4-inch on a panel of cream linen and glue it to a cookbook cover for an italian recipe binder
- Travel-themed pencil case panelPop the smallest size on a canvas pencil case for a kid heading off to a school trip to rome
Dimensions
9 sizes included. Stitch counts shown for the largest colorway.
| Size (in) | Stitches |
|---|---|
| 3.50 × 0.77 in | 6,282 |
| 4.00 × 0.88 in | 7,199 |
| 4.50 × 0.99 in | 8,178 |
| 5.00 × 1.10 in | 9,168 |
| 5.50 × 1.21 in | 10,132 |
| 6.00 × 1.32 in | 11,078 |
| 6.50 × 1.43 in | 12,314 |
| 7.00 × 1.54 in | 13,384 |
| 7.50 × 1.65 in | 14,480 |
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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