Floral Dragonfly Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Spent a fair bit of time on the wing structure here and Im glad I did. Its a dragonfly, except those wings dont look like typical wing shapes at all. Each one is built from botanical curls and leaf forms, swirling outward like a garden gone slightly wild. The body is long and narrow, done in tight satin columns, and the wingtips spread wide with filigree that goes all the way to the edges. No heavy fill anywhere in the wings, its mostly open line work and decorative scrolls, which is what gives it that lacy art nouveau look.

Stitch count goes from 14,863 at the smallest 3.9 inch size up to 26,299 at 6.8 inches. Density sits at 552 overall so its dense enough for the body sections but the wings are lighter because of all the open scroll work. Single colour, no colour changes, and I digitised it in Wilcom EmbroideryStudio so the satin columns on the body hold their directional stitching without pulling. Use a cutaway stabiliser here. With 26k stitches at the largest size and a decent density, tearaway wont do the job properly on most fabrics.

Customers asked for the bigger run on canvas tote bags and one regular ordered four for botanical wall hoops. A customer last spring ordered it on sage linen for a baby shower gift set and it looked realy lovely. Goes well on cream, sage, navy, or olive. Skip white polyester, satin thread on white poly tends to sink in and loose the line definition you want from a design like this.

Try it on a 5x7 hoop for linen gift bags. Send me a note if the file doesnt open or the sizes arent right for your machine and Ill get it sorted.