Floral Butterfly Outline Embroidery Design, Instant Download

A side-profile butterfly, monarch shape, with the wings done in heavy satin fill so they read almost like a paper-cut silhouette. The vein lines arent stitched in, theyre cut out as negative space which is what gives the wings that pierced lacy look. Below it youve got a small flower spray, the petals only outlined, with a handful of solid black leaves popping out for contrast. Its a graphic punchy butterfly with a soft floral anchor underneath.

Single colour run, black thread the whole way. No colour stops to fiddle with, the machine just goes. Stitch counts run 7,582 at the smallest 3-inch width and climb to 18,623 at the full 7-inch. Density sits at 424 which is on the heavier side because of those big satin wing panels, so a cutaway stabiliser is non-negotiable on anything stretchy. I digitised it in Wilcom EmbroideryStudio. Directional satin underlay runs across the wing veins so the fill stays flat and doesnt ridge up after a wash.

And the negative-space veining is the bit thatll trip you up if your hooping is off. Any drift in the fabric and those skinny gaps close up, you lose the lace effect. Hoop tight, use medium cutaway behind cotton and a fusible cutaway under jersey or fleece. Skip waffle weave alot of people try waffle for tea towels but the holes fight the cutout veining.

Best on cream, sage, mustard, navy, or pale pink cotton where black thread carries the contrast. Avoid heavy prints. One customer ordered this last summer for a set of canvas pencil cases she was selling at a craft fair, used the 4-inch on each pouch, and said the butterflies looked like little linocut prints stitched on. Hit me up if you want the spacing chart i made for that batch, ill send it over.