Tropical Sunset Embroidery Design, Retro Beach, Instant Download

This tropical sunset design has that proper 80s retrowave vibe. Big circular sun fills most of the upper half with tight horizontal satin stripes: bright gold in the centre, deep brick red round the edges, all on white or cream fabric where the palette really pops. No blending, just clean hard colour bands stacked one on top of the other. Dont expect soft gradients here, its all hard-edged and graphic, and thats exactly what gives it that poster look.

Right side has 3 solid black palm silhouettes, tall ones leaning slightly left into the sun disc. Theres a small rocky island shape tucked at the base of the palms. Below the horizon line the water reflection echoes the sun colours in wavy horizontal black stripes with amber and gold columns cutting vertically through em. The whole thing is dead flat, no gradients, which is actually what makes it stitch out so clean.

Dense file this one, 92k stitches at the biggest size, 7.19 by 7.5 inches. Budget 45 minutes to an hour on that size. Smallest is 3.35 by 3.5 at around 31k. Use medium to heavy cutaway stabiliser as density here is 1716 stitches per square inch, which is high for a 4-colour file. Works on white, off-white or light natural cotton where the colour palette gets room to pop. One customer who runs a coastal gift stall told me last summer she put this on white canvas totes and couldnt keep em in stock. Cream canvas, white tee, natural linen cushion are all solid choices. Avoid dark fabric, the black elements just disappear into it.

Four colour stops total. Gold loads first, red second, then black for the palms and waterline stripes. Check tension before the black runs, dense prior layers can shift the fabric. Pop a topping layer on textured cotton so the stripe fills dont sink into the weave. Ping me if the water stripe section pulls on your machine and Ill rework the design path.