
Heres the tropical palm island and the whole scene reads like a postcard. A sandy beige island sits in the middle of soft sky blue water. Two palm trees rise up off the sand with brown trunks and dark green fronds spreading out wide. A small sailing boat with a red hull and a triangle white sail floats just to the right and its tiny but charming.
Seven colours move through this one. The sand is a warm beige tatami fill. Palm fronds use a directional satin so each frond reads with its own slant. Trunks are a darker brown column. Water sits as a flat sky blue base with a slightly deeper blue line under the boat to suggest the waterline shadow.
Density runs around 69k stitches on the largest 7.51 inch size and 31k on the smallest 3.51 inch. People keep buying it for beach vacation tees, cruise welcome bags and lake house cushions. One customer wrote me last june about putting it on twelve canvas totes for a destination wedding in the keys, the bride sent photos and the colours just popped against the cream canvas.
Stitch on plain mid-weight woven cotton or canvas. Cream, soft white, pale blue, sandy oatmeal all let the scene shine. Pop it on a navy tee for a bolder contrast read. Skip patterned tropical print fabric. The design itself already carries a lot of detail, a busy print fights with it and the boat gets lost.
Add mid-weight cutaway. Hoop tight, dont float, the directional palm fronds need stable ground to land clean. Run a 75/11 sharp needle so the fine sail satin doesnt break thread halfway through. Ring me on chat if a fill comes up short on your stitchout.
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.
- Beach vacation tee shirtsStitch a 5-inch face on a sand or pale blue tee for a beach holiday capsule with the destination underneath
- Cruise welcome canvas tote bagsEmbroider on a sturdy natural canvas tote for cruise welcome bags and pair with the cabin number printed below
- Lake house throw cushion coversSew onto a sandy oatmeal cushion cover for a lakeside cottage living room with rattan and rope accents
- Destination wedding gift bagsPlace on a 6-inch white linen welcome bag for a beach destination wedding favor with the couples date inside
- Coastal home wall hoopsFrame a 6-inch version in a wooden hoop and hang in a coastal cottage hallway or sunroom side wall
- Boat owner gift towel setsEmbroider a small 4-inch chest on a soft cream cotton beach towel as a personalised boat owner gift set
- Summer camp polo shirtsStitch on a navy or pale blue camp polo as a chest crest for summer sailing camp counselor shirts
Dimensions
9 sizes included. Stitch counts shown for the largest colorway.
| Size (in) | Stitches |
|---|---|
| 3.51 × 2.76 in | 31,065 |
| 4.01 × 3.15 in | 35,293 |
| 4.51 × 3.55 in | 39,750 |
| 5.01 × 3.94 in | 44,171 |
| 5.51 × 4.33 in | 48,872 |
| 6.01 × 4.73 in | 53,701 |
| 6.51 × 5.12 in | 58,633 |
| 7.01 × 5.51 in | 63,824 |
| 7.51 × 5.91 in | 69,053 |
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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