Cute Summer Sun Embroidery Design, Machine Embroidery Pattern, Instant Download

Last summer a seller at my local craft market messaged me about this one. She ordered the 7.5 inch for a stack of cream canvas totes, had the whole batch hooped on cotton twill with cutaway backing, and sold out before noon on opening day. Its a big round cartoon sun face wearing these chunky rectangular pink sunglasses, satin-filled frames with glossy black lenses and two little white highlight strokes that read like sunlight catching the glass. The face has a cheeky closed-mouth smile and two rosy satin cheek blushes that kinda just bring the whole expression alive. Coming off the golden yellow body are these swirling flame-shaped rays in alternating yellow and deep orange, every single one curling and tapering at the tip with directional fill that really catches the light on finished fabric.

The cocktail glass sitting off to one side is a tall stemmed goblet with a striped grey and white straw, and a lime green citrus slice perched right at the rim. The inside of the glass is hot pink with a small white highlight circle that reads as ice or a bubble. Six colour changes total and every one earns its spot. That lime green slice is only used once in the whole design but its exactly what tips it from cute into proper summer mood. I drew the sunglasses with that thick classic frame because at 3.5 inch on a onesie the shape still reads clearly without losing the pink.

Hoop on cotton or canvas with a cutaway stabiliser and the results are realy solid. On terry cloth or fleece youll want water-soluble topping over the rays so the directional stitching doesnt sink into the pile. Skip topping on tight-woven twill or denim and you save yourself a step. Bobbin tension matters here, its a dense design and a loose bobbin will drag at the tips of those curling rays. The underlay on the sun body does alot of the work keeping those concentric fill rows from floating on loosely woven fabrics like linen.

Use the 4 inch for baby onesies or bibs, theres enough spacing around the design so it doesnt crowd the neckline seam. Stitch the 6 inch at centre chest on a youth tee and the base underlay keeps everything locked down on jersey. Add topping on any textured base, iron the stabiliser flat before hooping, and centre carefully because the rays and the glass extend further on the right side of the design. On cream linen the orange rays pop especially well and the whole piece looks like it belongs on a holiday shirt from a proper beach town shop.

Pop this onto a pool party towel at the 7.5 inch with a cutaway in the hoop rather than tearaway. The stitch density on the outer ray tips would pull a tearaway and distort the curling edges. Place the hoop seam underneath so any jump stitches between ray sections stay hidden from the front of the towel. Pick a white or cream base fabric if you can, that bright yellow body really needs that contrast to read at distance and stay true to colour after washing.

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