Floral Anatomical Heart Line Art Embroidery Design, Instant Download

So this is a realistic anatomical heart in pure line art, all the chambers and arteries and veins drawn out proper, but instead of just sitting clinical it bursts open on the right side with a tangle of chrysanthemum blooms and pointed leaves growing outwards. Theres a lil butterfly resting on the upper-right arteries to soften the whole thing. Reads like a tattoo flash sheet thats been translated to thread. Botanical-anatomical-gothic. Whatever ya wanna call em, its got presence and Im pretty fond of how it stitches.

Single colour black thread. 5 sizes from 3.51 inches wide at 18,294 stitches up to 7.51 inches wide at 38,487 stitches. Density runs at 761 cause the layered line art crosses itself constantly, every artery and every petal needs short-stitch transitions to read clean. I digitised this in the software I use with feathered fill across the heart muscle areas to give it a shaded look without going to solid fill, the contrast between the textured heart and the cleaner floral lines is what gives it weight.

One customer in austin texas ordered the biggest 7.5 version back in october, she stitched it on a cream cotton tote for a tattoo-shop merch table. Said she sold em out at her first market in a single weekend, the design just hits with the alt-girl crowd. The smaller 4-inch fits a sweatshirt left-chest panel nicely. A medium 5-inch works great on a tote front or pillowcase. Anything bigger wants framing, the largest size is big enough to be a real focal point.

Stitch best on cream cotton, ivory linen, pale grey canvas, washed denim, or natural twill. Skip black fabric entirely cause the thread vanishes. Avoid stretchy jersey, the dense line work shifts and the heart anatomy stops reading correct. Pop two layers of medium cutaway under cotton, switch to one heavy cutaway under canvas. Youll need a 75/11 sharp needle and slow the run to 600 spm cause the path is so tangled the bobbin needs steady tension. Pre-wash the fabric atleast once cause this design has 121 trims and any shrinkage after stitching warps the line work. Hand-trim the long jumps between bloom clusters for the cleanest finish. Youll thank yourself for the extra five minutes.