A single bold strawberry fruit tilted slightly to the right, its leafy crown bursting up and out the top in heavy sketch-style black. Berry body itself sits in cherry red with dense black seed dots scattered all over the surface, deep dark red shadows pulled in along the bottom curves. The leaves are not green here, theyre rendered in dramatic monochrome black with pale grey cross-hatch shading, which lends the artwork that vintage botanical print feel. A long curling stem arcs up from the leafy top in fine black line, ending in a small curl.
Six colours, five thread swaps each run. Honestly its one of the simpler colour totals in the shop given how dense the design looks visually. Stitch count opens at 19,617 across a 3.51-inch width and runs up to 52,166 across a 7.51-inch top end. Black does the seriously heavy lifting at 9,735 stitches in the tiniest hoop, building out the leaf cross-hatch, the seed dots and the stem outline. Red layers in at 2,261 stitches with dark red shadow at 1,664 underneath. Grey shading and white highlights round it out. my usual software digitising handles all that fine seed dot work, each tiny dot is a discrete shape not a stab of bobbin chaos.
I drew it last june for one customer who runs a tiny jam stall at her local sunday farmers market produce booth, she wanted something with attitude, not the usual cute pink cartoon berry. She put it on her chefs apron and her staff aprons too. People keep asking her about it apparently. Thats kinda the appeal here, its a strawberry but not a saccharine one.
Best fabric is cream linen, oat cotton, natural kitchen canvas or a soft white tea-towel weight. The black leaves dominate, so any darker fabric eats them entirely. Avoid black or charcoal base, all that careful leaf line work dissapears. Run a firm cutaway behind the design because the black satin sections pull hard. Trim long jump stitches between each black dot as they finish, otherwise youll get little black tails poking through the red fill.
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.
- chef apron for a market stall or cafe staff uniformStitch the 5-inch on a natural canvas chef apron for a farmers market stall or cafe staff uniform with attitude
- cotton kitchen tea towel for a country homeRun the 4-inch onto a cream cotton tea towel for a country kitchen accent that nods to summer berry season
- linen tote for a farmers market jam stall vendorPop the 5.5-inch on a natural linen tote for a farmers market jam stall, the design carries the brand across a busy table
- denim jacket pocket patch for a foodie tweenDrop the 3.5-inch onto a denim jacket pocket flap for a foodie tween or culinary student stocking filler
- embroidered cloth napkin set for a fruit-themed tableSew the 4-inch onto cream cotton napkins for a fruit themed dinner party or summer brunch table setting
- wall hoop art for a kitchen or pantry displayMount the 6.5-inch in a wooden hoop frame for a kitchen or pantry wall display with vintage botanical energy
- burlap gift sack for a homemade jam delivery boxEmbroider the 4-inch on a hessian gift sack for delivering homemade jam, ties up nicely with twine and a tag
- canvas pencil case for a culinary studentUse the 4-inch on a canvas pencil case for a culinary student starting school or a baking class signup
Dimensions
9 sizes included. Stitch counts shown for the largest colorway.
| Size (in) | Stitches |
|---|---|
| 3.51 × 3.38 in | 19,617 |
| 4.01 × 3.86 in | 22,920 |
| 4.51 × 4.35 in | 26,492 |
| 5.01 × 4.83 in | 30,238 |
| 5.51 × 5.31 in | 34,307 |
| 6.01 × 5.80 in | 38,327 |
| 6.51 × 6.28 in | 42,280 |
| 7.01 × 6.76 in | 47,375 |
| 7.51 × 7.24 in | 52,166 |
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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