Anatomical Human Heart Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Heres the anatomical human heart and its 7.5 inches of vintage medical illustration energy. The heart sits at a slight angle so you can see the aorta arching off the top, the ventricles full and rounded at the bottom, the pulmonary arteries branching out the back. Fine hatched shading runs along every chamber and vessel, giving it that old-textbook feel like its straight from a 1890s medical journal.

Eight colours layer this design. Deep crimson and burgundy carry the muscle tissue. Dusty rose lifts the vessel walls so theyre clearly separate from the chambers. Charcoal handles the hatched shading lines and outlines. Cream picks the small highlight spots that suggest the wet surface of muscle tissue. Two browns work the deeper shadows in the ventricle folds. The colour count gives it depth without flattening the linework.

I been getting messages about this kinda design for ages from medical students, biology teachers, valentines day folks who want something a lil different from the cartoon-heart route. Made the design last winter after the third nursing student wrote me asking. One customer wrote me, shes a cardiac surgery resident, ordered the 6-inch for a white doctors-coat chest patch. Said her patients laughed and trusted her more, which honestly thats the best review I ever got.

Best results on neutral solid fabric. Stitch on cream, white, oatmeal, dove grey, sage green or pale blue. The crimson reads gorgeous against light backgrounds. Skip dark fabric aswell cos the burgundy fills wont read and youll lose the vintage textbook feel. Skip patterned ground, the hatch lines are detail enough.

Density is medium. Largest 7.5-inch hits 39k stitches with 8 colour changes. Use mid cutaway behind on cotton, denim or canvas. Hoop snug. Run the hatch sections at slower speed cos those small directional shifts can pucker if rushed. Hit the FAQ form if the file imports with missing colour stops.