Rainbow Arch Embroidery Design, 7-Color Kids Rainbow, Instant Download

Seven colour bands in a clean half-arch, no extras attached, just the rainbow itself. Starts with red on the outer edge, then orange, yellow, green, a blue-teal, proper blue, and then a small magenta strip right at the innermost curve. Theres no cloud base, the arch stands alone, which makes it more flexible for placement on kids clothing and accessories. The smallest size at 1.5 inches is fine for a collar or pocket detail, the biggest at 4 inches fills a hoop nicely for wall art. Youve got 6 sizes to pick from, so theres something for pretty much any project.

Its a small stitch count across sizes, the 1.5 inch starts at 1,612 stitches and the 4 inch tops out at 5,368. Pop it on a tearaway stabiliser for woven cotton or linen items and itll sit flat with no puckering. Use a cutaway on jersey or knit kids clothing. Stitch it at full machine speed, the low density handles it fine on most fabrics. Skip heavy canvas or denim at the smaller sizes because the colour bands can compress and muddy on thick weaves. Dont overcomplicate it, this one just runs.

I love this one for batch projects. One lady wrote to me a few months back saying shed stitched 30 of the 2 inch version on a set of kids party bags in one afternoon and they all came out identical. Thats the advantage of a small tight design like this, it doesnt drift or distort on repeat runs. Stitch it in a row along a blanket edge using 3 arches spaced about half an inch apart for a border. Run it on white, yellow or sky blue fabric for the most impact. And this christmas I reckon the small version on little gift tags or fabric squares would be dead cute for a handmade present.