The fist in this design punches straight up, fingers closed tight, gripping a long-stemmed red rose. The stem runs diagonally across the composition and two dark green leaves fan out from the mid-section. Three colour planes split the fist body: forest green across the upper knuckles, amber gold across the palm, and crimson red at the wrist where it exits the bottom of the frame. Theres no text. The image stands by itself and it doesnt need any.
I digitised this one in early spring when a community group near me was organising a civil rights anniversary march in april and needed something for their tote bags and banner sashes. They wanted a design that spoke to solidarity and history without being loud about it. The rose instead of a torch, ya know. Its a lil different from the usual imagery and thats why it works. The 3 colour pan-african palette does the talking.
The fills sit flat and dense, which means this works on a bunch of fabric types. Run it on natural canvas, black cotton, cream linen or olive jersey. The tatami fill on the gold palm section comes out beautiful on medium weight fabric where the thread has room to lay down properly. Skip anything slippery like chiffon or satin, the underlay needs grip. Pop a tearaway behind stable woven cotton but switch to cutaway on knits and fleece because the stitch count climbs to 22k on the largest 6.78-inch size and you dont want any shift mid-run.
Five sizes, 3.16 inches up to 6.78 inches wide. Stitch count starts at seven thousand one-eighty on the small and tops out just under 22k. Colour changes: 3, so your machine only stops a handful of times. The rose head gets satin stitch with directional stitching following the petal curves, it picks up light nicely on the finished piece. Pair the medium 4.49-inch with a pocket placement on a staff polo for a subtle but clear statement.
Drop me a note if your machine skips on the file or a colour change runs out of sequence and Ill check the stops and resend you a corrected version.
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.
- Civil rights anniversary march tote bagsStitch the 5-inch size on natural canvas tote bags for a civil rights march and the three-colour fist reads clearly from ten feet.
- Community organisation banner sashesEmbroider the medium size on white sashes worn over black shirts for a community organisation anniversary event in february.
- Black history month tee shirtsPop the 4.5-inch on black cotton tees for a black history month school group and pair it with a name on the sleeve.
- Cultural centre staff polosUse the smaller 3.16-inch on the chest pocket of a dark green staff polo for a cultural centre front-of-house uniform.
- Protest rally canvas bagsStitch on olive canvas tote bags for a community rally, the amber gold pops against the earthy background colour.
- Heritage museum gift shop merchandiseRun the 5-inch on cream tote bags for a heritage museum gift shop, looks clean and considered next to books and prints.
- Screen printing alternative for small runsUse as a patch for small-run custom orders where screen printing minimum quantities dont make sense for under 10 pieces.
Dimensions
5 sizes included. Stitch counts shown for the largest colorway.
| Size (in) | Stitches |
|---|---|
| 3.16 × 3.49 in | 7,181 |
| 4.07 × 4.49 in | 10,171 |
| 4.97 × 5.49 in | 13,568 |
| 5.88 × 6.50 in | 17,435 |
| 6.78 × 7.49 in | 21,970 |
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
Every design on Re Embroidery is hand-digitized by one person. Each file gets sketched, color-matched, and stitch-tested on real fabric before it earns a place in the shop. No team. No auto-conversion from images. Just slow, deliberate work, sometimes three or four days per design.
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