Floral Vines and Butterfly Garden Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Hit this one last spring after a run of requests for a proper garden scene, not just a single flower but the whole tangle of vines and blooms together. Its a tall composition, all these curving green stems weaving up and through each other, with 7 colours doing the work: red tulip-style flowers, blue daisy blooms with yellow centres, soft pink buds, magenta upright tulips, yellow heart-shaped buds tucked in at the top, and 2 blue butterflies floating between the stems like they just wandered in. Theres a small pink star-shaped flower in the lower left too which I really love, it breaks up the rhythm.

Digitised in Wilcom and its got some density to it, the largest size runs about 24,408 stitches, so you want a cutaway stabiliser underneath, dont try this on tearaway especially on knits or fleece. The satin work on the petals and the butterfly wings is directional so they catch light differently depending on how your hoop sits. I run this at medium speed on my machine, the colour changes come through clean but there are 7 thread swaps so give yourself time for a first run.

Stitch it on a cream cotton tote or a white linen apron and it realy sings. Pale sage or soft grey backgrounds work well too. Skip anything dark, the greens and pinks need room to breathe. The 5 sizes go from about 2.9 inches up to 6.2 inches wide so its flexible for cushion covers, tshirt chest panels, baby blankets.

And one customer texted me a photo last march of this hooped onto a canvas shopping bag, whole thing looked like a botanical illustration. Thats kind of the vibe Im going for with this one. Best results on medium to heavy woven fabric.