Rocket and Planet Space Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Played with a lot of retro rocket references to get this one right and Im pretty confident it stitches out exactly as it looks. Its a 1960s-style rocket ship blasting up and to the left, with a smooth silver-grey body, a red nosecone that pokes up like a bullet, and 2 swept-back teal fins on either side. The exhaust flame underneath fans out in 3 layers: red on the outside edge, orange in the middle, yellow at the hottest core. A small circular porthole window sits on the body with a light blue tint. Lower right corner has a ringed planet that looks kinda like saturn, solid yellow-gold body with a pale ring circling around it at an angle. Scattered around both are 6 gold five-pointed stars in different spots and maybe 10 or 12 small white dot stars on the background.

19 colour stops in total, which is alot for a single design, so plan your colour changes before you hoop. Smallest size runs 3.58 by 4.5 inches at 15,638 stitches, biggest goes to 6.76 by 8.5 inches at 38,375 stitches. Density is 668 stitches per square inch, which is moderate for this stitch count, meaning the coverage is solid without being stiff. All digitised in my usual software so the colour transitions between the flame layers and the rocket shading are properly sequenced with underlay on each zone. Use a firm medium cutaway stabiliser, this design has alot of directional fill sections that pull if the backing isnt stiff enough.

My nephew is space-mad and I stitched the 5-in print on a navy patch pocket last spring for his birthday bag. He wore the thing to school for three weeks straight. The retro style works on kids gear but honestly it reads just as well on adult items, Ive seen it on embroidered caps and it looks like a proper vintage NASA-era patch. Stitch on black or deep navy fabric for the full effect since the gold stars and white dots only pop against dark ground. Skip light coloured fabric, the design was built with a dark base in mind and the star fill wont read on white.

Add a medium-weight tearaway on top of your hoop stabiliser if youre running it on fleece or a loop-pile fabric so the needle punches clean. Best colour register on smooth twill, ripstop nylon, canvas or a tight-weave cotton. Use the biggest size for a back-panel jacket patch or a bag front panel, the 4-inch version fits neatly on a hat crown or a shirt chest pocket. Ping me if the 19-colour sequence gets confusing on your machine and Ill send over the colour-stop reference list.