Blooming Book Flower Embroidery Design, Instant Download

The book here is just the base, the real subject is what's coming out of it. Ya get five distinct flower types growing up from the open centrefold, each one in a different colour, so the ten-colour palette is split roughly between the chocolate book body and the five-flower mix above it. The page edges are stitched in off-white satin, the spine and cover in a deep matte chocolate. Its not a flat decorative image, its meant to feel like the flowers are actually rooted in the pages. Thats the whole point of the design really.

Digitised in industry-grade software. Density reads at 1,388, which is high. Dense satin fill is what gets the colour separation across the five petalling heads, and at this density you need a firm cutaway stabiliser underneath any stretch or woven fabric, or the topping lifts on the upper petal sections. 9 sizes from one and three-quarter inches wide at the smallest to 3.74 inches at the largest, stitch counts from 14,749 to 38,941. The design runs tall relative to its width, the flower heads extend up considerably above the book bottom. Run the underlay passes fully before the colour satin starts. Stitch from the book base upward, that order keeps the petal sections aligned. Skip a loose hoop here, the tall aspect ratio needs tension consistent from top to bottom. Directional stitching in the petal fill changes angle per flower, so the bobbin thread shows differently depending on the colour.

A bunch of customers have run this on kraft canvas bags and tote fronts where the brown tones in the book body sit naturally against the natural fabric colour. One customer stitched it at 3.7 inches on a canvas zipper pouch last spring and said the chocolate spine practically blended with the canvas, which made the flowers pop. If you want the book to read clearly, stitch it on light or white fabric so the contrast comes through. Drop me a note if the file does anything unexpected after download.