Heres the lil retro robot Ive been wanting to draw for ages. Hes got that boxy 1950s tin-toy vibe. Bent antenna up top, a round dial chest panel with a needle, two button eyes and a wide flat smile. Chunky square arms and stompy boxy feet. Just lookin at him makes me smile honestly.
Colour palette pulls a mint green body, mustard yellow shoulder accents, soft red on the chest dial and a charcoal outline holding it all together. Ten colours in total. Cream highlights on the antenna ball plus little dots in the eyes give him personality. The fills are panel-style satin work, kept flat on purpose so he reads as that retro toy rather than a 3D rendered bot.
Best fabric pairings are oatmeal cotton, pale grey twill or a cream tee. Pop a small 3.5-in size for a kids backpack patch or a school pencil case. Run the bigger 7-inch hoop on a tote or a kids cushion cover.
Density is gentle here, around 11k stitches on the small to 33k on the largest. Use a tear-away stabiliser on woven cotton because the panel fills are pretty light. Switch to a medium cutaway if youre digitising onto a stretchy kids tee. Hoop tight, pull the topping smooth and your antenna line wont wobble. I been customising these for nine school book-bag orders last week and ya, the mint colour is the one parents keep asking for.
Send me a stitchout if your machine hangs on jump stitches.
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 tee chest patchesStitch the 3.5-inch size centred on a cream or pale grey kids tee, the mint body pops without overpowering the shirt
- School backpack and pencil case appliquesPop a smaller version on a school backpack name patch and the charcoal outline keeps the robot crisp through wash cycles
- Birthday party favour bag patchesRun on a small canvas favour bag for a robot-themed birthday party, holds up on cotton even after multiple stitch repeats
- Toddler hoodie front panelsEmbroider the 6-inch hoop on the front panel of a toddler hoodie and the boxy shape suits the wide chest space
- STEM-themed nursery cushion coversCenter on an oatmeal nursery cushion and pair with simple star satin pieces for a STEM kids room corner
- Custom robot-fan birthday bannersStitch a row of three robots along a fabric birthday banner panel and the flat fills let names sit underneath
- Lunchbox bag corners and insertsPlace a tiny version on a lunchbox bag corner and the panel-style satin stays soft and snag-free for kids hands
Dimensions
9 sizes included. Stitch counts shown for the largest colorway.
| Size (in) | Stitches |
|---|---|
| 3.50 × 2.88 in | 11,583 |
| 4.00 × 3.29 in | 13,769 |
| 4.50 × 3.70 in | 16,110 |
| 5.00 × 4.11 in | 18,632 |
| 5.50 × 4.52 in | 21,399 |
| 6.00 × 4.93 in | 24,101 |
| 6.50 × 5.35 in | 27,301 |
| 7.00 × 5.76 in | 30,369 |
| 7.50 × 6.17 in | 33,713 |
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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