Floral MOM with Bow Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Stitched the floral MOM with bow, proper sweet without tipping into saccharine. The two outer letters are tall black serif M shapes, each one wrapped from base to crown in coral and rose pink five-petal blossoms, leaf greens and tiny bud sprigs creeping out from behind. The middle letter sits as an open oval ring rather than a solid O, and a chubby coral pink bow perches right where the top of the ring would be. The whole word reads as MOM but the centre letter is more wreath than letter.

Each blossom is a small directional fill in coral or rose with a yellow centre dot, properly tiny, like 4mm across, scattered up the M legs in clusters of 3 or 4. Leaves are slim satin shapes in two greens for depth. The black letter cores are dense satin columns so the pink and green sit against a strong dark base instead of floating loose on the fabric. Bow uses three filled satin shapes, one for the centre knot and two for the loops, with a subtle highlight stitch down the middle to suggest a fold.

I drew this one for mothers day gifts and grandkid-made keepsakes, and its earned its keep already. The 2.01 by 3.5 inch version handles a tea towel corner and the 4.3 by 7.5 fits a small pillow front. One customer ordered the 5-inch last april for a set of cream linen handkerchiefs she hand-stitched then gave to her three sisters on mothers day. She told me her mum cried when she saw all four of em laid out together on the table.

Pick a smooth medium-weight cotton, cream linen, sage canvas or warm tan jersey. Pale dusty pink, butter yellow or cream backgrounds let the coral pink read warm without going washed-out. Skip black and dark navy, the coral and pink florals lose contrast and look muddy. Avoid heavy fleece, the tiny blossom centres sink into pile and you lose the yellow pop dots that hold the eye.

Density runs medium-heavy with 1053 stitches per square inch and 33k stitches max so plan a steady run on the machine. Run a medium tearaway stabiliser, hoop firmly and lay a thin water-soluble film if youre stitching on textured linen so the small blossom edges dosent sink. Text me if the bow ribbon shading looks off or the bow loop sequence skips a stop, ill rework the file no charge. Quick fix usually.