Butterfly Face Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Three face elements and nothing else. A single eye on the left side, done in charcoal satin lashes fanning outward in directional stitch lines, with a grey iris and a slim black brow arching above it. Where the nose and cheek should be theres a blue morpho butterfly instead, wings spread wide, filling that whole central space. The wings are built in cobalt blue with lighter sky blue satin panels separated by the black vein lines, and the outer wing border has a tight black-and-white checker pattern that really pops. Then at the bottom, red lips in full satin fill, upper lip slightly thinner than the lower in that classic fashion illustration ratio.

Eight colours total with 7 thread changes. The cobalt butterfly gets the most stitches, around 6,000 on the mid sizes, because those wing panels are dense satin fill with alot of directional variation. Stitch counts run from 14,687 on the 3.17-inch up to 35,809 on the 6.79-inch. Density is a friendly 703 so its a fast stitch-out compared to many fashion pieces this detailed. Theres nothing here thats technically scary, honestly its one of the simpler files Ive made.

Lil tip from experience: this design reads completely differently depending on background colour. On white fabric its clean and editorial. On black its dramatic and almost gothic, the red lips glow against dark ground. I get messages from both fashion embroidery people and halloween costume makers about this one, which honestly suprised me when I first started seeing the order notes. Wasnt expecting the halloween crowd but here we are.

Try placing it on the upper left chest of a white linen blouse, the asymmetric face layout carries the composition well off-centre. Or stitch on a black tee pocket for a dark editorial version. Back it with firm tearaway for with this on any knit or stretch because the butterfly satin fill density needs solid backing. On woven canvas or denim a tearaway is fine if your tension is right.