Back end of a pickup truck, view from the rear, bed loaded up with school supplies. You can see the truck bumper at the bottom in dark blue with a white licence plate blank centred on it, small flower details on the side panels, and the bed walls have a leopard-print strip running across the middle in brown and orange. Sticking up out of the bed: a striped spiral notebook on the left, a pair of scissors, a round red apple with polka dots, a tall yellow pencil, a ruler and what looks like a crayon on the right side. Big pink bow sits at the very top of the pile with a small bee or yellow accent peeking out from the knot area.
11 colours, 11 colour changes, density at 1,161 which is on the higher end. Its genuinely one of the more complex designs in the back-to-school category because every object in the truck bed has its own fills, outlines and texture stitching. The leopard-print panel on the truck sides is satin-filled with dark red spots on an orange base, same technique as the separate leopard apple design but at smaller scale here. my workhorse software digitised it and the individual object fills are tight, the scissors blades for example are narrow satin columns that need a proper hooped-snug setup to stitch cleanly.
Ive seen this one ordered in large batches more than almost any other school design in the catalog. Teachers order it for classroom decorating, PTA committees run it on volunteer appreciation totes, and end-of-year gifts from parents to teachers are the biggest single use case by volume. One customer last august told me she ran 15 of them on canvas totes as staff gifts for the whole school, one per teacher, and the principal asked where to order more. At the largest size, 7.51 inch, this fills a tote front panel properly and youll have room to add a name underneath without it feeling crowded.
5 sizes, smallest at 3.51 inch wide going to 7.51 inch. Cutaway stabiliser is non-negotiable at the bigger sizes, the density and thread count will cause puckering on woven cotton without it. Hoop very firm, slow the machine through the licence plate area at the bottom, those tiny horizontal lines need steady fabric to stitch straight. Dont start the biggest version without checking your bobbin first, thread use runs around 103 metres so youll want full bobbins loaded. Add a name below the truck in a matching thread for a proper personalised gift finish. All formats included in the zip.
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.
- teacher appreciation tote bag or gift bagRun the 7.51-inch version on a beach tote front as a teacher appreciation gift, add their name below the truck for a personalised finish
- end-of-year teacher gift from a classStitch a batch of the medium size on matching totes for a class end-of-year gift, parents pitch in and the teacher gets something she keeps
- PTA or school staff appreciation runUse the design on a set of canvas bags for a PTA staff appreciation event, the detail level makes the gift look expensive without being
- back-to-school teacher sweatshirt or apronEmbroider the mid-size on a denim apron chest panel for a teacher who uses it during art or crafts lessons with students
- classroom supply holder or fabric bin labelRun the compact 3.51-inch file on a fabric label or bin panel to mark a classroom supply storage container with some personality
- teacher desk mat or placemat embroideryStitch the large version on a thick cotton placemat for a teachers desk gift that gets used every single day of the school year
- school fundraiser item for teacher supportInclude this in a school fundraiser item lineup on natural tote bags, the truck format appeals to both teachers and parents buying for them
Dimensions
5 sizes included. Stitch counts shown for the largest colorway.
| Size (in) | Stitches |
|---|---|
| 3.51 × 3.12 in | 24,917 |
| 4.51 × 3.96 in | 32,299 |
| 5.51 × 4.84 in | 40,217 |
| 6.51 × 5.72 in | 48,529 |
| 7.51 × 6.60 in | 57,542 |
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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