Back-to-school embroidery ideas
Popular back-to-school embroidery projects are backpacks and lunch bags with the child's name, pencil cases, first-day-of-school shirts, name labels for clothes and teacher gifts. A pencil, a school bus or a stack of books at 3 to 4 inches suits bags and shirts; labels need simple block lettering.
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Named backpack
A school bus with the child's name on the front pocket.
Size: 3–4 in
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Pencil case
A pencil on a zip pouch, stitched before it's assembled.
Size: 3 in
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Before you stitch
- Make every child's name at once with the batch name tool.
- Stitch pockets and pouch panels flat before they're sewn together.
- Block or rounded fonts stay readable after many washes.
Make it personal
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 back to school?
Popular back-to-school embroidery projects are backpacks and lunch bags with the child's name, pencil cases, first-day-of-school shirts, name labels for clothes and teacher gifts. A pencil, a school bus or a stack of books at 3 to 4 inches suits bags and shirts; labels need simple block lettering.
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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