Butterfly and Floral Embroidery Design, Machine Embroidery Pattern, Instant Download

Honestly what I love about this one is how the wing colours graduate so naturally, the orange at the tips fading down into that warm yellow closer to the body, its a gradient you dont usually get right on the first digitising pass. Big design too, the largest runs up to 4.92 inches wide so theres real estate to show off those satin fills on the wings. Black outlines keep everything crisp, white dot accents dot the wing edges, and then theres a couple of little purple spots tucked in near the top that I wasnt expecting, they add alot of character.

Two red satin flowers flank the butterfly, one upper right and one lower right, each with a bright yellow centre. Dark green leaves with tight tatami fill sit between them, and a sweeping blue decorative swirl curls out from the lower left, its kinda the secret anchor of the whole composition. With a stitch count that goes up to 38,783 on the largest size, this is a proper complex piece, density sits around 1051 so plan for a good cutaway stabiliser underneath, especially on cotton twill or fleece where the base fabric wants to drag. Hoop it square, keep your topping on, and let the machine do the work slowly.

Stitch this at the 3.5 inch on a linen tea towel and it reads really well even at that smaller scale, the wing detail stays readable without the fills merging. A friend who sells at craft fairs last week told me she puts the largest version on natural canvas tote bags and cant keep them on the table. Use a medium-weight cutaway under stretch jersey, but on denim or canvas a tearaway is usually fine. Pop it centre chest on a white cotton tee and the colours just sing.

Flag me down if you want a version without the border.