Sunset Wave Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Cooked up this one as the lighter, warmer sibling to the sun-and-wave design. Same general idea, sun over a wave, but this version goes full golden-hour retro. The sun is a half-disc sitting at the horizon with long sharp spike rays going straight out in all directions, none of that soft teardrop rounding. Theres a yellow-lime highlight wedge on the left side of the amber body to fake the light catching the edge. Below it, three wave arcs in coral-red and sandy orange curl away to the right. It reads like a vintage 1970s surf brand patch, which is exactly what I was aiming for when I drew it.

Density is 309 stitches per square inch, very open coverage, and the biggest size is 5.28 by 7.01 inches at just 11,438 stitches. So it stitches fast and doesnt weigh down thin fabrics like cotton voile, light denim or a swim bag mesh panel. The spike rays are satin fills angled radially from the sun centre, so each spike stitches cleanly rather than leaving a pulled or puckered point. professional digitising tools put the wave fills last in the sequence so any underlay beneath the disc is completely covered before the wave arcs come in. Use a light tearaway stabiliser at the small sizes, and switch to a light cutaway for anything going on a stretchy swim or sport fabric so the open fill doesnt gap under wear.

Ive sold alot of smaller-size runs to people making iron-on patch sets for summer markets. A seller I speak to wrote me last June to say she presses the 3-inch onto blank denim hats and sells them at beach town weekend fairs. She said customers pick this warm-toned version over the blue-wave version 2 to 1 in summer. Stitch a few on tearaway, cut them out, and bundle them as an iron-on patch set for a market table that fills in twenty minutes.

White, sandy cream, pale denim, and natural linen all work with the warm coral and amber tones. Dont put it on dark red or orange fabric or the wave section disappears. Skip textured canvas for the smallest sizes because those sharp tapered points have thin satin sections that sink into heavy weave and lose definition. Pop the 2-inch on pale yellow fabric and you get a tonal sun effect thats subtle without being invisible.