Valentine Embroidery Designs: 25 Ideas for Gifts, Kids and Home

Inspiration and Ideas for Valentine's Day Gifts

Flowers and chocolate are lovely, but they are gone in a week. An embroidered gift (a towel, a pillow, a shirt or a stuffed animal with a name on it) gets used and remembered every day. Here are 25 Valentine embroidery designs from our collection, including real projects our customers stitched and sent us.

Valentine Designs for Him or Her

1. Dim Sum

Customer project: You're All That and Dim Sum embroidery design on a yellow gingham dish towel

"You're all that and dim sum!" Our Dim Sum Embroidery Design is a funny, sweet gift for the foodie you love. A customer stitched it on a gingham dish towel. It also looks great on a white tee or a set of napkins.

2. Always Kiss Me Goodnight

Customer project: Always Kiss Me Goodnight embroidery design stitched in teal on a gray pillowcase

The Kiss Me Goodnight Embroidery Design is a classic for pillowcases, throw pillows and gift bags. Our customer stitched it in teal on a soft gray pillowcase.

3. Roses Heart

Customer project: Roses Heart embroidery design in red on a linen-covered keepsake box

The Roses Heart Embroidery Design is elegant enough for an anniversary gift. Here it decorates the lid of a fabric-covered keepsake box.

4. Love You Heart

Customer project: small Love You heart embroidered on a white waffle towel tied with a red ribbon

Small and simple, the Valentine Love You Heart Embroidery Design turns a plain waffle towel into a thoughtful gift. Add a ribbon and you're done.

5. Hugs, kisses and sayings

Hugs and Kisses XOXO machine embroidery design Be My Valentine machine embroidery design Valentine's Day xoxo Embroidery Design

Monogram Gifts for Valentine's Day

A monogram is the most personal gift you can stitch. Our customers love these monogram fonts for Valentine gifts:

Customer project: monogrammed pillow shams with pink border and a three-letter monogram

Customer project: red diamond monograms embroidered on white cocktail napkins

For tips on spacing and placement, read our guide on how to embroider monograms.

Valentine Designs for Kids

Customer project: stuffed lamb embroidered with the name Ryder and the Love Heart Infinity design

Valentine's Day is for everyone you love, not just your sweetheart. A customer stitched the Love Heart Infinity Embroidery Design and a name on a stuffed lamb, a gift any child will treasure.

Customer project: pink and white girl's outfit with a strawberry monogram

Valentine Truck Embroidery Design Valentine Gnome Embroidery Design Valentine Hearts Tractor Embroidery Designs Bundle

In-the-Hoop Valentine Projects

Customer project: two in-the-hoop love bird heart felties in teal and pink

In-the-hoop (ITH) designs are finished entirely in the hoop. They make great classroom Valentines, bag charms and gift-box toppers. A customer made the two felties above with our Bird Heart Embroidery Design.

Valentine Heart Feltie ITH Embroidery Design Valentine Sweet Heart Feltie ITH Embroidery Design Valentine Hearts Gnome Feltie ITH Embroidery Design

New to ITH? Follow our in-the-hoop gift tag tutorial. The same steps work for felties.

Heart Designs for Home Decor

Heart Shaped Embroidery Designs Bundle Buffalo Plaid Heart Valentine Embroidery Designs Bundle Love Heart Sketch Embroidery Design

Mushroom embroidery design with pink heart spots

Tips for Stitching Valentine Gifts

  • Start by mid-January. Personalized orders and classroom gifts always take longer than you think.
  • Thread colors: red and pink on white is classic. For a modern look, try blush, burgundy or metallic rose gold.
  • Towels and plush: use a water-soluble topper so letters don't sink into the pile.
  • Kids' tees: use a soft mesh cutaway. Our embroidery stabilizer guide explains why.
  • Stuffed animals: unpick a seam, hoop the panel flat with cutaway, then stitch the seam closed. Or float the plush on sticky stabilizer.

Find More Valentine Designs

Browse our full Valentine's Day embroidery collection. Want to stitch your own artwork, like a child's drawing or a wedding date? Our custom embroidery digitizing service can turn it into a stitch file. Crafting with a Cricut too? See how to make a heart monogram in Cricut Design Space.