Butterfly Daisy Flower Embroidery Design, Instant Download

The daisy and the aqua wings are doing two completely different things here and somehow it works perfectly. The petals are just outline, long oval shapes with vein lines running through them, radiating out like a clock face with no fill at all. Then right in the middle sits the insect with wings spread across the centre, fully filled in aqua satin with dense directional lines that give the wings a real texture. Its that contrast that makes the design pop and honestly its what makes it feel more like botanical illustration than a typical flower design.

Two colours is all it takes. The black thread carries the petal outlines and the body and the wing detail lines. The aqua does the wing fill. So youre looking at one colour change and a relatively calm run. But because the daisy petals are open outline and the wings are solid fill, you get way more visual interest than the colour count suggests. The design looks like it should have five colours, not two.

Botanically its like someone pressed a garden butterfly between the pages of a sketchbook and then stitched it. Last spring one customer ordered the 5.52-inch run on a white linen tote and said the open petals just disappeared into the fabric in the best possible way. Smart move, white linen shows exactly how the negative space in the petals is meant to work. Ive had similar feedback from people who stitched it on cream cotton, same result.

Pick light plain fabrics to get the full effect. White, cream, pale yellow, soft grey or sky blue all let those aqua-filled satin wings sit properly without colour competition. Skip patterned fabric since the open petal outline gets lost fast against busy backgrounds. Use a light cutaway on wovens for the best result, the daisy has alot of trims across the individual petals and a stable base keeps everything registered. Topping helps on any textured weave to get sharp petal lines.