XO Heart Tic Tac Toe Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Its a tic tac toe grid but hearts are playing for one side. Four thick black lines cross to make nine squares. Three of those squares hold bright red filled hearts where the X pieces should be, the others have black X marks and black O circles in the usual positions. So the game looks like its mid-play, hearts vs letters, and the hearts are actually winning the diagonal.

Grid lines are bold satin columns, square-ended, thick enough to read clearly even on textured fabric. Red hearts are fully filled satin shapes, no outline gap, proper solid red. The Xs are two thick crossing satin bars and O circles are solid ring shapes. Two colours total so theres only one colour stop in the whole file. Red and black contrast is strong enough that it reads from across a room, which is why it works so well on cushions, bags and wall pieces.

Five sizes from 3.49 by 3.5 inches up to 7.48 by 7.5 inches. The largest at 20,106 stitches is a full 7.5-inch square, just right for a cushion front without piecing. Smallest fits a shirt pocket or the corner of a tea towel. Density is moderate at 358 per square inch. Grid lines stitch first, then the black pieces, then those crimson hearts last so the fills land on top clean. A customer gave me feedback last february after stitching this on a white cushion cover as a valentines gift and said it looked punchy and fun without being fussy.

Pick white, cream, light grey or pale blush for the safest background results. Black fabric works too if youre going for a bold version, the heart shapes pop and the black grid stays visible against its own satin. Use a medium tearaway on stiff cotton canvas, light tearaway on woven quilting cotton. Avoid hooping jersey or stretch knit without a cutaway underneath. Skip special topping on smooth flat fabric and save it for terry or fleece.

Email me if the grid line intersections bunch up at corners and Ill realign the stitch start.