Floral Book Embroidery Design, Instant Download

An open book, spine centred, both covers flipped back flat, pages fanned into a wide arc. Out of the spine and across every page surface grows a mass of roses: large full blooms in dusty rose and deep burgundy, smaller half-open buds in pale blush, and long trailing botanical stems curving off the page edges. The leaves are layered, some catching imaginary light on their upper faces, others turning darker where they sit beneath the petals. Nothing about this reads symmetrical, it grows the way things actually grow, a bit over, a bit under, stems crossing each other naturally. Ive been digitising florals for years and this one genuinely doesnt feel generic.

Density sits at 794 stitches per square centimetre. The three available sizes run from 4.78 by 6.01 inches up to 6.37 by 8.01 inches, stitch counts going from 29,585 to 40,538. Thats a lot of thread. Stick to cutaway stabiliser on anything woven and use a topping on textured fabrics like canvas or denim, the petals have tight satin outlines that need a firm surface to lay flat. Underlay on the book pages is a light tatami base, not dense, which keeps the ivory fill looking paper-like rather than plasticky. Colour change count is ten, and the sequence moves logically through stems first, leaves next, buds, then the large blooms on top so youre building depth in the right order. Run the petal sections at slightly reduced speed if your machine allows it, the layered satin areas come out cleaner that way.

Last autumn a customer dropped me a message saying shed been looking for a book design that wasnt just a silhouette for about two years. She ordered three copies of this file for three different tote bags she was making as gifts for her book club. Each one was going to have a different coloured flower variation stitched on the same dark linen. Thats the kind of message that makes doing this worthwhile honestly.

Drop it on a dark hunter green linen tote and the ivory pages contrast beautifully. Cream linen works well aswell, especially if you use the burgundy thread colour in the rose fills. Avoid stretchy knits at this size, the 40,000 stitch count on the largest version needs a stable woven base to keep all those botanical fills from distorting at the edges. Pick your cutaway weight based on the fabric, heavier canvas needs heavier backing than a tight quilting cotton.

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