Elegant Flame Fire Embroidery Design, Instant Download

This flame reads more like a campfire than a cartoon icon, the base broad and rounded, several tall pointed tongues flicking up from the top with the centre tongue reaching the highest. The three colour layers sit in a warm gradient. A soft butter yellow pool at the bottom centre, copper-brown wraps through the lower flames, red forms the bulk of the upward reach. Theres no outline anywhere, which is why it feels more natural than the patch-style fire icons.

Three thread colours and a wide stitch range, the smallest 1 inch is just 1,940 stitches but the 4 inch jumps to 12,197 because the design spreads outward as scales. Im running an 864 density, moderate-end for fire icons, and that gives the colour transitions a slight soft edge between the yellow and copper layers without going fuzzy. my professional tool built it yellow first, copper second, red last on top, thats the order the eye reads from heat centre outward.

A woman in vermont ordered this last november for a set of christmas stocking name patches she was making her family. She wanted the 3 inch over each persons initial in copper thread on natural linen stockings, said it felt seasonal without being too kitsch. Got a message from her on christmas eve with a photo of all six hanging on the mantel, looking proper homey above the fireplace.

Pair it with linen, brushed cotton, fleece, or wool felt because the soft palette suits textured natural ground. Avoid slippery synthetic satin, the moderate density needs the fabric to bite onto the stitches. Back it with a cutaway, the yellow base section sits dense enough that it'll pull at the fabric below. Set the copper layer at a slight underlay angle where the software allows it, the directional fill catches light from two angles and makes that middle tone look genuinely warm rather than flat.