Super Dad Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Knocked this one out with fathers day in mind and it ended up being one of the most ordered designs Ive got. The shape is a bold diamond superhero badge, the kind of angular shield youd see on a comic book chest, outlined in thick black satin. Inside, the word SUPER fills the top section in chunky uppercase block letters, bold and flat. Then dad sweeps across the middle in a red brush script that overlays those letters, so the two words visually stack on each other rather than sitting apart. The piece reads as a superhero emblem and its the sort of design kids love giving to their dad as a gift.

Two colours: black for the diamond outline and the chunky block fill, red for the dad script. The shield outline is a thick satin run that gives a clean hard edge. Letters use a dense tatami fill for the body with a satin border stitch on top for definition. Red script sits over the black letters using a top satin pass with proper underlay so it doesnt sink into the fill underneath. Density at 445 is medium, nothing punishing. Set up on professional digitising software for smooth satin, six sizes from 2.01 by 3.01 up to 5.33 by 8.01 inches.

A customer sent me a message last June to say her kids had stitched the medium size on a black canvas bag for their dad and that he wore it to work the next day. Thats the kind of feedback that makes me want to keep digitising these.

Best on flat woven fabrics: black or dark canvas for bags, cotton drill aprons, denim, cotton twill. The black outline disappears on black fabric obviously, so try charcoal grey or navy if youre going dark and want contrast. Avoid heavy fleece or thick plush on the small sizes, the tatami fill can sink into deep pile. Keep the fabric drum-flat when hooped.

Apply mid cutaway and hoop firm. Run the colour stops in order: black frame first, chunky fill second, red script last. Avoid skipping the underlay pass if your machine prompts for it, that script colour needs the base layer to sit raised over what's underneath it. Text me if the dad lettering is sitting flat against the black fill instead of reading raised and Ill walk you through the fix.