Summer embroidery ideas
Summer embroidery projects include personalized beach towels, canvas beach totes, Fourth of July T-shirts, picnic napkins and caps. Beach and nautical designs such as an anchor, a sailboat or a palm tree, and patriotic ones such as a flag or fireworks, suit the season.



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Before you stitch
- On beach towels, use a water-soluble topping so the pile doesn't swallow stitches.
- Bright thread on white canvas photographs well for shops.
- Light designs keep summer tees cool and soft.
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Add a name in one of 12 lettering styles, a monogram, or turn your own drawing, logo or photo into a ready-to-sew file.
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What can I embroider for summer?
Summer embroidery projects include personalized beach towels, canvas beach totes, Fourth of July T-shirts, picnic napkins and caps. Beach and nautical designs such as an anchor, a sailboat or a palm tree, and patriotic ones such as a flag or fireworks, suit the season.
Where can I get the designs?
Every design on this page is in the free design library, ready in DST, PES, JEF and other formats with a free account. To use your own artwork or a logo, upload it to the digitizer.
How do I add a name to a design?
Make the name with the text to embroidery tool in a style that suits the design, at the size the lettering size calculator suggests, and stitch it under or beside the design.
What size should the design be?
Each idea lists the usual size. The embroidery size chart has the details for every placement, and the hoop pages show the largest design each hoop sews.
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