Calla Lily Trio Embroidery Design, Instant Download

This is a calla lily trio thats done in a watercoloured sketch style, alot like a botanical illustration you would find in a vintage flower book. Three trumpet-shaped blooms sit together, one in soft pink, one in dusty coral, and the third in pale lavender. The stems are deep green and they curl around each other, and the black outline work over the top is what gives the whole bouquet that hand-drawn pencil feel.

The petals are filled with directional satin stitching so the colour kinda flows from the throat of the lily out to the curled edge. I made the outlines deliberately loose and a bit uneven, not perfectly traced, because clean outlines on florals always look a bit too digital. Eight colours total, mostly soft pastels with a small orange accent at the lily centres and black for the line work.

I get messages every spring from people stitching these onto wedding gifts, and last easter someone bought the 7-in design for a memory pillow she made for her mum. Its also a regular pick for tea towels and aprons going into farmhouse kitchens. a chest 3.5 sits nicely on shirt cuffs aswell.

Stitch this one on smooth even-weave fabrics. Cotton sateen, soft linen, or a mid-weight twill keep the petal detail crisp without distortion. But avoid stretchy jersey, the long satin runs across the petals will pucker if fabric pulls. Hoop firmly and back it with a no-show mesh cutaway, the design isnt super dense but the colour changes do build up tension across the bouquet.

Pick a backing colour that lets the pastels show. White, cream, oatmeal or soft mint reads beautifully. So if you are doing a darker cotton, switch to slightly punchier thread shades or the lavender will basically vanish. Drop the speed down a touch on the smallest version, the lily veins are fiddly little stitches and they read cleaner at lower rpm.