Gothic Floral Blades Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Sketched in two crossed daggers with proper ornate guards and engraved blade detail, then wrapped the whole thing in gothic roses and curling vine leaves. The blades are silver thread with satin fill running lengthways down the blade face, the roses done in deep burgundy with directional petal stitching, and the background where it fills in is jet black. 2 colours, but the contrast between the silver metal and the burgundy floral does alot of the visual work.

Stitch counts are on the higher end: 14,079 stitches at the smallest 3.51-inch width going up to 34,044 stitches at the full 7.51-inch size. Height range is 3.03 to 6.49 inches. Density sits at 698, which is what you need to get the rose petals reading as individual layers rather than one flat fill. I mapped this through Wilcom EmbroideryStudio specifically to control the underlay under the blade sections, otherwise silver thread on black canvas has a tendency to sink and lose its sheen. Dont skip the underlay settings or youll lose that metallic pop.

Message me if something isnt sitting flat in the blade area, occasionally the underlay needs a tweak depending on the canvas weight youre using. One customer hooped this on a heavy black canvas tote and needed the blade underlay bumped slightly, which took about 2 minutes to fix in the file.

Use a cutaway stabiliser, full stop. The density at 698 and the stitch count at the bigger hoop options mean a tearaway wont hold flat over the whole run. Black denim, black canvas or charcoal wool are the fabrics this design wants to be on. Avoid stretchy jersey for the 7-inch size because the blade detail distorts badly without structure underneath.

Best on denim jackets, canvas tote bags, black cotton hoodies, gothic home decor patches and halloween costume accessories where you want dark botanical meets edgy blade imagery.