Bring retro chrome to your stitching with this vintage hot rod embroidery design, drawn as a classic coupe with rounded wings, bold headlights, a tall front grille and oversized wheels. The blue, navy and light blue palette gives it that painted-bodywork feel, while white, black and grey pick out the windows, rims and shadowing. It suits car-mad children, parents sewing for toddlers, and anyone who likes old-school cruiser styling without the design feeling cartoonish.
This would look especially good on a denim jacket back, a sweatshirt front, a canvas rucksack or the pocket of a little pair of dungarees. Because the car shape is low and wide, it reads clearly on flatter areas where you can enjoy the sweep of the bodywork and the stance of the wheels. With 33 thread colours, it has the kind of detail that gives the chrome, tyres and body panels proper definition rather than blending into one block of colour.
