Elegant Woman Face with Roses Embroidery Design, Instant Download

She told me last spring she wanted something for a fashion tote that didnt look like clipart, and this is the one I pointed her to. Its a woman face done in that editorial line-art style, the kind you see in a high-end magazine illustration. Head bowed slightly, eyes closed with detailed lashes, hair swept up into a loose bun. Two roses sit in the composition, one near the temple and one lower near the shoulder, and theyre the only bits that get any fill: red satin petals with small white highlights stitched in. The lips match the roses in red. Everything else, the face outline, the hair strands, the leaf stems, is all black running stitch, very thin and fine.

Tape a light tearaway behind this on woven fabrics, density comes in at 263 overall and the outline sections especially dont need heavy backing. 3 colours, 2 colour changes. Put red in first for the lips and rose fills, then white for the petal highlights, black last for all the line work. 9 sizes, smallest is 1.98 inches wide by 3.5 inches tall, largest is 4.25 wide by 7.5 tall. Stitch counts 4,456 to 8,374. Use the tall narrow format on bag panels and pockets specifically, its why the proportions were built this way.

The outline-heavy style reads at a smaller scale than youd expect. The 2-inch wide version on a shirt pocket is still identifiable as a face rather than just texture. At 4 inches on a tote front it looks exactly like a printed fashion illustration. Stitch it in a warm sepia thread instead of black for a vintage-editorial feel, it looks completely different.