Bring gentle anime charm to your stitching with this kawaii Mei Kusakabe design, shown in her wide-brim hat, pink dress and yellow shoes, with a tiny white creature and three Susuwatari drifting beside her. The mix of pink, yellow, white, beige, brown and black gives it that soft, recognisable storybook feel while keeping the character outlines clear. It suits anime fans, Totoro-inspired sewing projects and children’s items that need a design with personality rather than a generic cartoon look.
Because it is a dense, heavily stitched design with 8 thread colours, it has enough fill and detail to stand up well on sturdier fabrics such as denim jackets, canvas totes, sweatshirt fleece and quilted backpacks. The broad size range makes it easy to use as a smaller motif on a child’s cardigan or as a more noticeable feature on the back of a jacket or a roomy project bag. It works especially well where you want the soot sprites and Mei’s outfit colours to stay crisp and readable from a distance.
