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Worked this one up as a pure typography piece and it came out exactly how I wanted. The word 'welcome' sits at the top in a flowing cursive script, thin black thread with an easy hand-lettered swing to it. Below that, SUMMER stacks five times in chunky retro block capitals, each row sitting snug on the one beneath it, running a colour gradient from warm gold at the top down through orange, tomato red, navy, and a bright cyan at the base. Its like one of those seventies concert posters where the same word just keeps repeating.

Six colours total and the stitch count goes up to 32,253 on the largest at 6.45 by 7 inches, so it isnt a light quick stitch. Density is well balanced at 714 stitches per square inch and my professional tool handles the lettering fills properly so theres no puckering around tight curves. Each SUMMER row stitches as a separate colour block which makes thread changes simple to track.

Smallest is 2.77 by 3 inches, largest is 6.45 by 7, five sizes in between. A customer who runs a beachside gift stall put the large version on natural canvas totes last summer and said they'd sold the whole batch before lunchtime on opening weekend. That told me the colour combo was right.

Use a medium-weight cutaway stabiliser for knit fabrics and a tearaway under firm woven cotton. Light backgrounds work best so all six colour rows pop. Try white canvas, cream linen, pale chambray or a natural cotton twill. Dark navy or charcoal will swallow the navy row in the stack so it's better to stick to mid-tones or lighter.

Run a test swatch and check each colour change lines up flush with the row above. If your machine trims between colour changes, tighten your jump settings so loose threads dont pull the letterforms apart. Five sizes means you can scale it from a shirt pocket badge right up to a full beach bag face.