Pulled this one together after getting alot of requests for a botanical-style butterfly piece that wasnt just one isolated bug on a blank background. Its a flowing column of butterflies, maybe 18 or so different species, all tumbling down a curved vine like they just landed there mid-flight. Big swallowtail up top, spotted ones in the middle, tiny delicate ones trailing off at the bottom. Each wing has its own interior patterning done in directional satin so the stitches fan out the way real wing scales do.
Its digitised in industry software and comes in 5 sizes from 8 inch right up to 12 inch, stitching out between 36,595 and 54,803 stitches depending on the size you pick. Single colour run, so you dont need a complex stabiliser setup, just standard cutaway on anything stretchy and youre good. The density sits at 384 which keeps the satin fills smooth without buckling the fabric. I get messages asking if single-colour designs look boring and honestly no, the detail does alot of the heavy lifting here.
Pair it with a lavender chiffon or white pique and thread in dusty rose or sage and it reads completely differently to plain black. Add iridescent metallic through the vine line for a subtle shimmer. Best hooped in a standard 8x8 frame with the design centred on the fabric grain so the vine stays straight.
Someone ran this in white thread on a sage green linen jacket last spring and shared a photo, looked honestly like a museum textile piece. Pick your thread colour carefully and this design does the rest of the work.
And then holler at me if the file gives you any trouble at all.
What people are using this design for
A starting point. The design works for plenty more than just this list, this is what folks have stitched it onto most.
- Back panel on a lightweight linen jacketThe 12-inch file fills a jacket back panel without needing to split the design, single-colour so thread changes mid-project are zero.
- Large tote bag centre print replacementStitch the 10-inch version onto a natural canvas tote for a market-ready piece that looks hand-illustrated.
- Nursery wall art hooped and framedFrame the 8-inch hoop as-is on a cream linen background, no finishing needed, just hang it.
- Table runner for spring or garden partiesRun two or three repeats of the 8-inch along a table runner length for a repeating botanical pattern.
- Throw pillow front on neutral linenCentre the 10-inch on a 20x20 pillow front in white thread on ivory linen for a tonal textural look.
- Wedding dress hem or veil border accentScale to the smallest 8-inch and place along a hem or veil edge at regular intervals for a garden-wedding feel.
- Quilting block centrepieceUse as the focal block in a 12-inch quilt square, everything else plain so this stays the star.
Dimensions
5 sizes included. Stitch counts shown for the largest colorway.
| Size (in) | Stitches |
|---|---|
| 8.00 × 7.92 in | 36,595 |
| 9.00 × 8.92 in | 41,106 |
| 10.00 × 9.90 in | 45,527 |
| 11.00 × 10.89 in | 50,048 |
| 12.00 × 11.88 in | 54,803 |
Files & Formats
Eight machine formats included in one zip. Whichever your machine reads, its in the pack.
Plus a color chart for thread matching. See full format guide.
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Reyazul Masud Riham, hand-drawing every design on this site
Every design on Re Embroidery is hand-digitized by one person. Each file gets sketched, color-matched, and stitch-tested on real fabric before it earns a place in the shop. No team. No auto-conversion from images. Just slow, deliberate work, sometimes three or four days per design.
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