Lavender, daisies and satin stitches, printed soft on butter
Soft Stitch is the gentlest design in the line-up: a real photo of your dog inside a small wildflower wreath that looks hand-embroidered. It is printed rather than sewn, and drawn to sit on light shirts.
Free preview first · you approve before it prints · printed in the USA
What is in the scene
Your dog appears head and chest with a soft, happy expression, framed by a small wreath of wildflowers that curves underneath and climbs both sides: lavender sprigs, white daisies with yellow centres, tiny pink blossoms and green leaves. Every flower is drawn like satin-stitch embroidery with the direction of each stitch visible, so it reads as thread even though it is ink. Below the wreath, your dog's chest dissolves into a scatter of small dots.
The photo that gets the best Soft Stitch
A relaxed, gentle face suits this design better than an excited one - the wreath is quiet, and a wide-eyed zoomies face fights it. Use a photo taken face-on with both ears in frame; long, soft ears hang into the wreath nicely. Even daylight matters more than usual, because the flowers are evenly lit and a harsh shadow across your dog would look pasted in.
The full list is on the photo guidelines page - good light, face visible, one pet, and nothing covering the eyes.
How it prints
Soft Stitch is keyed into a light shirt: the cream ground of the artwork is bare fabric, and ink goes down only where the picture is darker than the tee. That has one consequence worth knowing. The palest fur on a light-coated dog is lighter than ivory or white, so on those shirts it breaks into a speckle; on butter it is simply left as warm, butter-coloured cotton, which is why butter is this design's own shirt. Ivory and white are offered too and suit darker or strongly marked coats.
The preview lets you switch between every shirt colour this design is offered in, so you can compare them before you decide.
Price, shirt and shipping
- $34.99
- One shirt, artwork included. Listed at $49.99; there is no separate design fee and previewing costs nothing.
- Free US shipping
- On every order, no minimum, US addresses only. Typically 7-12 business days door to door with tracking.
- Comfort Colors 1717
- A garment-dyed heavyweight tee in 5 sizes (S-2XL). Printed in the USA; the blank itself is imported.
- Free preview
- Three free previews a day, for everyone. Nothing is printed or charged until you approve one.
Custom-printed items are not returnable for change of mind, but a damaged, misprinted or wrong order is reprinted free or refunded within 30 days - see the FAQ and the size guide.
Soft Stitch questions
Is it real embroidery?＋
No. It is printed, and the stitch texture is part of the drawing, so the flowers are flat to the touch. That is also how they can be this fine and this colourful.
Can I change the flowers?＋
The wreath is fixed: lavender, white daisies, pink blossoms and green leaves in that soft palette. Flowers of your own choosing would be a write-your-own design in the full designer instead.
Which shirt is best for a golden or cream dog?＋
Butter. A pale coat sits close to the colour of ivory and white, so those shirts leave the lightest fur grainy; butter keeps it smooth and warm. Darker dogs look good on all three.
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