Ballerina Butterfly Embroidery Design, Instant Download

My mum stitched this one on a girls dance recital bag last spring and it got so much attention from the other parents that I had to share which design it was. The dancer is a clean black silhouette in arabesque, tutu and all, and around her in a heart outline float dozens of individually stitched pink butterflies. Its not a clipart combo, the butterflies are placed tight enough that they actually hold the heart shape as a single form when you step back from it.

3 colours across 5 sizes, 3.5 inches 7.5 top end wide. The smallest has 12,444 stitches and the largest runs to 37,324. Density on this one is 723, which is brill for getting clean wing detail on each butterfly even at the smaller sizes, but it does mean youll want a proper backing. Back it with a medium or heavy cutaway, dont try this on tearaway, the density in the butterfly field will pull the stitches loose once you tear it away. 2 colour changes, 3 stops total, so its not a faff to run.

One customer ordered this for a dance studio end-of-year gift, a personalised tote bag for each of her students with the dancers name added below in a separate text run. That version with a name underneath worked brilliantly on canvas. Also nice on the front of a dance bag, on the chest of a girls cardigan, or on the back panel of a little dress. Stick with a stable woven, cotton canvas, drill cotton, denim, all work well. Avoid jersey without a cutaway topping, the butterfly outlines will sink into the knit.