Floral Horse Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Its a horse head portrait done in a single black thread, no colour changes at all. The mane is where it gets interesting. Instead of just flowing hair lines, the mane weaves down through a bunch of large floral blooms, big open daisy shapes with detailed petal-by-petal satin fills and a bold sunflower sitting front and centre with a solid black disc. The horse face itself is rendered with directional stitching on the jaw and nose so the contours read properly, not just a flat blob.

Botanical leaf sprigs and curling vine tendrils fill the gaps between the flowers so theres very little empty space below the neck. The composition is taller than it is wide, about 3 by 4 on the smallest size up to a 6 by 8 on the largest, which makes it sit nicely on a portrait-oriented hoop or a tote bag front. Ive been selling this style since last summer to the equestrian crowd and it keeps coming back.

One customer who runs a horse riding school in texas ordered nine of the 6 inch versions on black canvas tote bags for her students end-of-season gifts. She wanted something that felt more grown-up than a cartoon horse but still had personality. This one landed exactly right for her. The combination of the bold horse silhouette with the soft floral elements is kinda the whole point, it works for girls who are into riding aswell as anyone who just likes botanical blackwork.

Stitch on cream, oatmeal or white cotton for strongest contrast. Avoid very dark base fabrics, the open petal fills need that negative space to read as petals rather than just a solid shape. Use a tearaway stabiliser on stable woven cotton and denim. Swap to cutaway if youre hooping a canvas tote with a synthetic liner behind it. Best results on the big 8 inch version come with a slow speed through the dense mane area, 16k to 33k stitches across 5 sizes gives you alot of flexibility for different applications.