Smile Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Its the word "Smile" written in a flowing connected cursive and the letters themselves form a face. The capital S curves up like a thick rounded letter, then m-i-l-e flow along from it in joined script, and the final e has a long descending tail that sweeps down and curves back up to make the smile line. Two small oval dot shapes sit above the word like eyes. One colour, black, done. But it lands every time people see it.

I wasnt suprised when this started picking up orders last spring, because customers who buy this kind of inspirational word design often have a specific person in mind. One customer who runs a kindergarten ordered five of em for her classroom mug set last spring. A hospital gift shop buyer who wrote me back in april ordered a dozen on white canvas pouches for the get-well display. Simple messages carry weight when the design itself is well made, and the digitising software pulled the cursive satin columns cleanly here so the letterforms stay defined at even the smallest 1.4-inch size.

5 sizes in total from 1.4 inches up to 2.99 inches wide, and stitch counts stay low, just 1,982 stitches at the smallest and 4,327 at the largest. Single colour, zero thread changes. This is the kind of file your machine wont argue with. Use a light tearaway stabiliser on any woven cotton, and a cutaway if youre hooping jersey or a stretchy tee fabric. Keep tension even and the lettering stitches out without fuss.

Pop this on a white cotton pouch, a canvas tote, a natural linen apron pocket, a baby onesie chest, or a nurses badge reel holder. Pick almost any colour thread and almost any light fabric and it works. Black on white is classic but navy on cream, charcoal on pale grey, or sage on oatmeal all look considered without trying.