Sweet sits in a big bold coral-red script at the top, tilted slightly the way a font does when someone actually wrote it by hand. Below it Like runs in a smaller dark forest green, more upright. Then Mom comes in at the bottom in a wide chunky plum-purple cursive that anchors the whole composition. The cupcake sits to the right of the stack: cream frosting dome with a strawberry on top, pink cake body with a little cross-hatch pattern on the wrapper, and a scattering of tiny green sprinkles. Yeah its a lot going on. It works.
Ten colours and nine thread changes. I know that sounds like alot and it is, but its also what makes this look like a proper illustration rather than a quick graphic. The frosting has a highlight pass that separates it from the cream background, the strawberry has its own red fill plus a tiny leaf detail in forest green, and the cake wrapper uses a contrasting burnt orange over pink to show the waffle texture. my standard software digitised the cross-hatch on the wrapper as alternating directional satin columns, not a flat fill, so it has actual dimension on the stitched piece.
Mothers day is the obvious window but Im alot more careful about calling designs seasonal now. A buyer from australia sent me a message in july saying she made 6 of these for a school bake-sale fundraiser on cream cotton aprons and they sold first. She picked the 5-inch size and said the coral and plum stood out even from the other end of the stall.
Pick cream, white, or very light pink cotton or linen as your base, the plum and forest green need a pale ground to read properly. Use jersey for the medium sizes only. Hoop tight with a firm cutaway for the larger versions because 24,819 stitches at the 7-inch size pulls on any unsupported fabric. Slow your machine down for the strawberry detail at the top, its the most fiddly section in the hoop and rushing it shows. Skip dark or busy prints entirely, theres too much colour in this design to layer it over anything complex.
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.
- mothers day apron or kitchen towel giftStitch the 5-in version for cream cotton apron for a mothers day gift that actually gets used in the kitchen
- cotton tshirt for a mum on her birthdayEmbroider the 4.5-in build on a white cotton tshirt chest for a mum who likes fun typographic shirts
- bake sale or fundraiser apron merchRun the 5-in placement on canvas aprons for a school bake sale and the design reads from across a stall
- baby shower favour bag or gift pouchHoop the 3-inch size on a small cotton drawstring pouch filled with sweets as a baby shower favour
- linen tote bag with a sweet themePop the 4.5-in version for natural linen tote for a mothers day gift bag that also functions as a useful gift
- personalised cushion for a mum or grandmotherUse the mid 5-in on a white cotton cushion cover for a mum or nan who has a sweet-themed kitchen decor
- summer market stall branding on canvas apronsAdd the 4-inch version to plain canvas market aprons for a bakery or cake stall for branded presentation
Dimensions
9 sizes included. Stitch counts shown for the largest colorway.
| Size (in) | Stitches |
|---|---|
| 3.35 × 3.50 in | 9,669 |
| 3.82 × 4.00 in | 11,263 |
| 4.30 × 4.50 in | 12,953 |
| 4.78 × 5.00 in | 14,741 |
| 5.26 × 5.50 in | 16,671 |
| 5.74 × 6.00 in | 18,591 |
| 6.21 × 6.50 in | 20,597 |
| 6.69 × 7.00 in | 22,680 |
| 7.17 × 7.50 in | 24,819 |
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
Every design on Re Embroidery is hand-digitized by one person. Each file gets sketched, color-matched, and stitch-tested on real fabric before it earns a place in the shop. No team. No auto-conversion from images. Just slow, deliberate work, sometimes three or four days per design.
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