Arabic calligraphy embroidery designs: the Ma'na line

One word, one meaning

Each piece pairs a single Arabic word with one symbol: هيبة (hayba, presence) with a hooded falcon, سكينة (sakina, calm) with a dhow under the crescent, كرم (karam, generosity) with a dallah pouring Arabic coffee, رحلة (rihla, journey) with a camel crossing a dune, غربة (ghurba, being far from home) with a swallow leaving its flock, and شموخ (shumukh, standing tall) with an Arabian oryx.

Real calligraphy, spelled right

The words are set in classic Naskh calligraphy from a real Arabic typeface, so the letters join and the dots sit where they belong, and a native Arabic speaker checks every word before it is stitched. Image generators often get Arabic letters wrong; these files don't.

Three sizes in every file

• Back: about 18 × 33 cm, for the back of a hoodie on a jacket-back frame.
• 8 × 12 in hoop: about 16 × 29 cm, for home machines with an 8 × 12 hoop.
• Left chest: the word alone, 9 cm wide, for a 4 × 4 hoop. Put the word on the front and the whole piece on the back.

Each size is digitized at its own size, not scaled. Which hoop do I need?

Made for light garments

Three threads: charcoal, oxblood and sand gold. The light parts of each design are the fabric itself, so the line is made for sand, cream, bone and white hoodies and sweatshirts. Every download has a production sheet with the Madeira Polyneon codes, the colour order, the stitch count and the run time.

Your own word or name?

Want a name or another word in Arabic calligraphy? We digitize custom lettering: with the free trial your first design is free, and after that every custom design is $10 at any size. This page in Arabic: بالعربية