Played with this one for a while before settling on the layout. On the left theres a solid black baby footprint silhouette, 5 toe dots along the top and the classic heel shape below. But punched right into the heel is a small white heart cutout. Its a negative space thing, no white thread involved, just the fabric showing through. Simple trick but it gives the footprint character instead of just being a flat black blob.
The lettering sits to the right. "tiny" runs in a flowing hot pink script at the top, swooping lowercase with those looping descenders. Then "BUT" sits under it in chunky teal block capitals, maybe 3 times the weight of the script so it punches loud. Then "mighty" below that back in the pink script, same swooping style. 3 colours total, only 4 thread changes needed, so this is a quick stitchout even though it looks like it took effort.
Four sizes from 3 by 2.72 inches up to 6 by 5.43 inches. Stitch counts run from about 7,500 up to 17,876 on the biggest version. A customer last spring ordered 6 of the small size on white burp cloths for a baby shower gift basket, one cloth per month for the first six. She said the mum cried when she opened them. Thats the kind of thing that makes this design worth doing properly.
Works brilliantly on white, cream, pale pink, pale yellow and light grey. Soft cotton onesies, burp cloths, muslin wraps, small blankets. The density is reasonable at 548 so a normal lightweight tearaway stabiliser handles it fine. Just make sure you float the onesie properly rather than hooping direct through the body, and use a topping on any fluffy fleece so the toe dots dont sink.
Grab it and stitch something sweet for the tiny one in your life.
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.
- Baby shower gift on a white cotton onesieStitch the medium on a white cotton onesie, wrap it in tissue paper as a baby shower gift
- Set of newborn burp cloths in white or pale pinkPut the small size on 6 plain white burp cloths, one per month as a first-year gift bundle
- Personalised muslin swaddle blanket borderPlace the large in a corner of a muslin swaddle so it shows when the blanket folds over a pram
- Nursery wall art hoop framed and hung above the cotStitch on white cotton in 7-inch ring, leave it mounted and hang it as nursery wall art above the changing table
- Baby announcement keepsake on a small linen pouchEmbroider the small size on a cream linen drawstring pouch to hold the hospital wristband and first curl as a keepsake
- Hospital going-home outfit for a newborn girlPut the small on the chest of the going-home outfit so the first hospital photos have that sweet detail
- First birthday tee with a cake-smash photo backdrop themeStitch the medium on a pale pink tee for the first birthday party and coordinate it with a matching headband
- Baby girl sibling matching set on coordinated topsUse the small size on matching tops for a newborn and a toddler sibling so the whole set tells the same story
Dimensions
4 sizes included. Stitch counts shown for the largest colorway.
| Size (in) | Stitches |
|---|---|
| 3.01 × 2.72 in | 7,502 |
| 4.01 × 3.62 in | 10,573 |
| 5.01 × 4.52 in | 14,107 |
| 6.01 × 5.43 in | 17,876 |
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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