You Never Know How Strong You Are Embroidery Design, Instant Download

On the left its a sunflower, just the half of it, with open outline petals fanning outward and a circular centre that has an awareness ribbon sitting inside it. On the right the text runs in multiple lines in a casual hand-lettered style, the words stacked and varying in size so the important words like "strong" and "choice" are bigger. Small heart shapes float loosely in the negative space around the text. The two halves fit together into a near-square composition. Its a 2 colour design, pink for the flower elements and ribbon, red for the text and hearts.

Theres only 3 sizes and theyre all on the larger side, from 5.5 inches 7.5 in across, because the text needs space to be legible. the 7.5 chest runs about 28,000 stitches which is alot for a 2 colour design but the lettering alone has substantial coverage. The outline petals use a running stitch with minimal fill so theyre quick, most of the time is in the script letters. Use a cutaway stabiliser, especially at 7.5 inches where the lettering density means the fabric will want to shift. I plotted this in professional digitising software with the satin section on the lettering set per character for clean column angles.

My sister was diagnosed with cancer valentines day a few years back and I made this design not long after. One customer wrote to say she had it stitched onto a fleece hoodie for her mum who was going through treatment, said her mum cried when she saw it. I get messages like that about this one and Im always glad it finds the people who need it.

Use the 7 or 7.5 inch version for hoodie backs, tote bags or large framed hoop art. Stitch on cream pale or off-white pink cotton for the pink and red colours to show clearly. Avoid dark fabric because those petal outlines can disappear against a dark ground.