Heres the school backpack with art supplies design at 7.5 inches and its pure first-day-of-school energy. Royal blue main panel on white cotton, red side gussets and a chunky red zip pull. Out the open top spills a full kit of supplies, paintbrushes with brown wood handles, yellow and red pencils, a navy fountain pen with gold nib, plus a striped lil ruler peeking out the side pocket.
Down at the base sits a black-and-white soccer ball alongside a stack of textbooks, navy and red covers stacked together, with a small red marker tucked between them. The whole layout reads like the bag overflowed in a good way, like a kid grabbed everything last August before running out the door for back to school day.
Each item gets its own treatment, the brushes use directional satin so the bristle ends look soft, the pencils have crisp tatami fill with sharp coloured tips, the soccer ball uses a hexagon-grid pattern that actually reads like leather. Bold black outlines hold the busy composition together so nothing gets muddy at small sizes, its kinda the trick that makes a packed scene like this work.
I had a customer last back to school season order this for her sons grade 3 first day shirt, she said the design held up after eight wash cycles no fading. Stitch on solid woven cotton, polo, denim, twill or canvas tote. Centre on chest pocket of a tee or back panel of an actual mini backpack for double cuteness. Skip dark fabric, the navy spine and pencil shadows disappear.
Twenty-two thread swaps in total, the largest hoop pulls 40,838 stitches and the smallest sits at 15,071. Hoop tight, use a medium cutaway, slow your machine on the dense backpack body and float a topping for any pile fabric. Drop me a note if a colour stop looks weird, ill fix and resend in an hour.
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.
- back to school first-day shirtsStitch the 6-inch version on the chest of a kids tee for first day of school photos and group orders
- Kids backpack and lunch bag flapsPop the 4-inch size on the front flap of a kids backpack or lunchbox, perfect kid-spotting size
- Teacher and tutor totesEmbroider on a cream canvas tote and gift it to a teacher or tutor on day one of the school year
- Classroom supply caddy embroideryCentre on a heavy cotton supply caddy or pencil pouch for any classroom corner or art station
- School store branded merchStitch on polo shirts or hoodies for a school store, PTA fundraiser or athletic department merch
- Back-to-school gift hoopsHoop the 7-inch size in a pine frame and gift it to grandparents at the end of summer holidays
- Art supply organiser pouchesCentre on a small zip pouch and use as an art supply organiser for kids markers, crayons or pens
Dimensions
9 sizes included. Stitch counts shown for the largest colorway.
| Size (in) | Stitches |
|---|---|
| 3.5 × 3.2 in | 15,071 |
| 4.0 × 3.7 in | 17,686 |
| 4.5 × 4.2 in | 20,400 |
| 5.0 × 4.6 in | 23,404 |
| 5.5 × 5.1 in | 26,546 |
| 6.0 × 5.6 in | 30,114 |
| 6.5 × 6.0 in | 33,463 |
| 7.0 × 6.5 in | 37,051 |
| 7.5 × 7.0 in | 40,838 |
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
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