
Count the sports in here and you'll run out of fingers pretty quick. The whole thing is a heart outline but inside there's like 40-something little sports and fitness items drawn in fine line art. Football with the lacing, tennis racket with the grid strings, volleyball, basketball, a pair of barbells, ping pong paddle, swimming goggles, roller skates, a sport bag with SPORT on the side, first-place trophy, bowling pins, dumbbells, running shoes, yoga mat rolled up, badminton shuttlecock, and more scattered in.
All of it is outline only, no fill, which is what keeps it light and airy. The negative space is doing real work here. At 5 inches the icons are tight and it reads as a busy graphic. At 10 inches you can start naming individual sports, which is where it gets genuinely interesting up close.
Last spring a customer who coaches high school PE put this on the denim cropped jacket back she gave a colleague whos retiring after thirty years. She told me the colleague started naming pieces of equipment out loud the minute she saw it. Thats about the best reaction you can hope for.
Hoop your quilting cotton or medium-weight denim with a woven tearaway stabiliser underneath and keep the tension light. The outline-only construction means the needle jumps between icons, so 228 trims on the 9-inch size is completely normal. Skip knit fabrics as the fine line outlines drift on stretch. Dont pull the tearaway too fast at the edges or the thinner icon lines lift. Reach me a chat if anything goes sideways and ill fix it same day.
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.
- PE teacher and sports coach appreciation giftsStitch on the back of a denim jacket as an end-of-career gift for a PE teacher or sports coach
- Gym bag and athletic tote personalisationWorks on a gym bag side panel and turns a plain canvas tote into a sport-specific accessory
- Sports team jacket back patchesEmbroider on a team jacket back panel for a club that plays multiple sports under one logo
- Fitness instructor polo shirtsPut it on the chest of a polo for a fitness instructor who wants a design that covers every discipline
- Athletic wear for multi-sport athletesStitch on a white tee for a multi-sport athlete who doesn't want to pick just one activity
- Kids sports birthday party teesUse on a kids t-shirt for a sporty birthday party outfit where the design starts the conversation
- School physical education class projectsIron-on backing plus this design makes a reusable patch for any sports bag or backpack
Dimensions
6 sizes included. Stitch counts shown for the largest colorway.
| Size (in) | Stitches |
|---|---|
| 4.08 × 5.00 in | 8,545 |
| 4.89 × 6.00 in | 9,536 |
| 5.71 × 7.00 in | 10,588 |
| 6.52 × 8.00 in | 11,595 |
| 7.33 × 9.00 in | 12,641 |
| 8.15 × 10.00 in | 13,695 |
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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