Floral Butterfly Embroidery Design V2, Instant Download

The wings on this one are what gets ya first. Hot pink outer panels filled in with dense golden yellow centres, and these lil dot accents scattered across the lower wing edges like somebody pressed flowers straight onto the fabric. Antennae curl upward with tiny black tips. The body is a warm brown satin column running down the middle holding the whole thing together.

On both sides of the butterfly theres a flowering stem climbing up. Pale pink blooms with layered petals that remind me of ranunculus or peonies but drawn softer. Then above those come purple bell-shaped buds, like campanula, pointing upward and outward. The green leaves underneath are long and pointed with directional stitching following each central vein outward. Fourteen colours total, 13 color changes, and Wilcom pulled the satin work on the wing panels clean across all 9 sizes.

I get a alot of orders for this one from people doing spring tote bags and linen tea towels. Last april a customer stitched the 6.66-inch on natural linen and sent me photos, it looked realy good against that oatmeal background. Also works great on a cream canvas bag or a pale sage cotton shirt if you want something that reads from a distance.

Stitch on light or mid-toned fabrics. White cotton, cream linen, pale yellow fleece. The hot pink wings go flat and muddy on dark navy or black so avoid that. Use a cutaway stabiliser under jersey or fleece where the dense fill sections could pull. Hoop tight and let the machine ease through the 13 thread swaps, it takes a bit more time but the result is worth it. And theres no tricky applique here, its all embroidery so any standard hoop setup works fine.

The smallest size runs just over 17k stitches and the biggest sits at nearly 42k, so plan your bobbin accordingly for the larger hoops. Pick light tearaway on stable woven cotton and youll be done in one sitting. Holler at me if the file gives you grief on load and Ill swap it out same day.