A colleague of mine is leaving to pursue another job and I wanted to make her a little gift. So I figured that I would embroider the saying that we use in the office a lot: ‘Not my circus, not my monkeys’, which in essence means ‘not my problem’. However, it needed some adaptation since it will be her circus. So I found a pattern of a set of monkeys with tails in a heart shape, and found a 5-stitch high font here that I adapted a little. The final result is a ‘This is my circus and these are my monkeys’ embroidery with the name of her new company in the middle.
I personally think this is hilarious. I hope she likes it.
| Project | Monkey Love – adapted |
| Author | PixAndPrintCo |
| Type | Pattern only |
| Search words | monkeys; heart |
| Location | Drive |
| #stitches | 1751 |
| Purchased | 01-05-2026 |
| Date started | 25-05-2026 |
| Date finished | 27-05-2026 |