Baby & kids embroidery designs

What you will find

This category follows a child from the first bodysuit to the first school backpack. Baby designs cover rattles, storks with bundles, bottles and pacifiers, and nursery designs bring moons, stars, clouds and sleepy animals for crib quilts and wall hoops. Toy designs feature teddy bears, rocking horses, blocks and trains, while school designs add pencils, buses, apples and backpacks.

The cute animals for kids are round-faced bunnies, bears, foxes and pandas that small children recognize at once. All of these baby & kids embroidery designs share soft, cheerful colors, a dark satin outline and chunky shapes that stay readable on a bib or a pocket.

Stitching on baby clothes

Baby clothes are small, soft and washed constantly, so a few choices matter more here than anywhere else:

• Stabilizer: a no-show mesh cut-away on bodysuits and thin knits. Tear-away leaves the stitches without support once the knit starts to stretch.
• Backing: iron a soft fusible cover over the back of the design so no knots or thread ends touch the skin.
• Thread: 40 wt polyester is colorfast and handles hot washes and stain removers.
• Density: on newborn items, choose open, lighter designs, because a dense fill turns stiff on a tiny bodysuit. The stitch count on each design page helps you compare.
• Needle: a ballpoint needle slips between the knit loops instead of cutting them.

On a newborn bodysuit or a bib, the 70 mm size sits nicely; a quilt block or a toy bag can carry the 125 mm version.

Names, gifts and school things

A name turns a baby gift into a keepsake and keeps school things from getting lost. Create it with the monogram and lettering maker and place it under a motif on a hooded towel, a backpack or a lunch bag.

For baby showers, a set of bibs in matching colors or a blanket with a sleepy moon in one corner makes a simple, useful gift. Older kids can choose their own motif and thread colors, which makes a school bag or a sweatshirt feel like theirs.