
So this elegant lady design is a line-art portrait with a floral hat detail and its honestly one of the prettiest pieces in my fashion section. The lady herself is just a single black flowing line, suggesting a face in profile under a wide floppy sun hat. Minimalist style, no fill on the figure, all the visual weight sits in the hat.
The flowers do the heavy lifting. A bold red rose centres the bouquet on the hat brim, with sand-coloured daisies, soft blue petals, and a yellow bloom tucked round it. Dark green leaves fan out behind the rose and a tiny coral accent flower sits down by the chin line. Its fashion illustration meets botanical study.
Last spring I had a customer order eight of these on linen napkins for a garden party tea, and another stitched one onto a denim jacket centre rear panel. People keep buying it for womens fashion apparel, mothers day gifts, bridal shower decor, and salon merch. The 7 colour count keeps it accessible but the result reads way more elegant than the stitch budget suggests.
For fabric stick to oatmeal linen, cream cotton, blush pink waffle, or dusty sage canvas. Skip dark fabric cos the line-art figure depends on the black thread reading clean against light bg, otherwise shes basically disappeared. White linen tea towels are a classic match too. So pretty.
Density is moderate, around 6k to 13k stitches across the 7 sizes so it runs quick. Use a light cutaway stabiliser, the figure outline is just running stitch on a single black pass and the floral fill is mostly satin. Watch the rose densest section near the centre, slow down through that fill and trim jumps cleanly between the leaf colours. Thats really all to it.
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.
- Womens fashion apparel and teesThe 4 inch size sits beautifully on the front of a linen blouse near the left shoulder.
- Mothers day gifts and pillowcasesStitch on a cream pillowcase corner for mothers day with the recipient name beside it.
- Bridal shower napkins and runnersRun six on linen napkins for a bridal shower table set in a 3 inch size for napkin corners.
- Salon and boutique merchPop on the front breast of a salon apron, the 5 inch reads clear without crowding the strap.
- Garden party linensEight on linen napkins last spring for a garden tea, came out clean on natural cream linen.
- Denim jacket centre backCentre the largest 5.5 inch on a denim jacket centre back and the line art reads sharp on indigo.
- Linen tea towels and apronsEmbroider on the corner of a linen tea towel as a hostess gift in the 3 inch height.
Dimensions
7 sizes included. Stitch counts shown for the largest colorway.
| Size (in) | Stitches |
|---|---|
| 2.13 × 2.51 in | 6,106 |
| 2.56 × 3.01 in | 7,182 |
| 2.98 × 3.51 in | 8,318 |
| 3.41 × 4.01 in | 9,526 |
| 3.83 × 4.51 in | 10,738 |
| 4.25 × 5.01 in | 12,011 |
| 4.68 × 5.51 in | 13,287 |
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
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