Blue Floral Embroidery Design, Botanical Poppy Pattern

Two open poppy flowers stacked on a tall curving stem, three pointed leaves dropping along the side and one small unopened bud nodding near the top. Done entirely in blues, kinda like a piece of delft pottery or a dutch tile pulled apart and stitched flat.

Petal shading is the trick. Pale powder blue at the centre, building out through mid teal, deepening to navy along the petal edges and folds. Stem and leaves run as fine line work in mid teal so the contrast holds without overpowering the soft floral fills. Whole thing has a hand-painted ceramic feel even though theres only 3 thread colours doing the work.

Stitch on white linen, cream cotton, oatmeal canvas or pale denim. Natural fibres carry the blues best, the layered fills give a watercolour effect when light hits them. Skip dark backgrounds here, the pale blue centre disappears and youll lose the depth in the petals. The 14k stitch count on a mid size is honest, no surprises on machine time.

Customers been using this alot on linen napkin corners, white waffle tea towels, table runner ends and small kitchen hoops. One customer ordered the largest a couple weeks back and put it on a denim apron front, recieved messages thanking me for keeping the stem detail clean at that scale. Ive seen it work as a sleeve accent on white linen shirts too, sits nicely above the cuff.

9 hoop sizes from 2.01 inches wide up to 4.32 inches, and 3.5 to 7-in range tall. Stitch count maxes out at 20,464, density is 632 spm, easy run. Apply light tearaway on woven cotton, a light cutaway on stretchy fabric. Pop the 4-inch on a napkin corner, hoop the 7-inch as standalone wall art. Polyester thread holds the navy depth on items that go through a dryer often, dont skimp.