Green Leaf Butterfly Pattern Embroidery Design, Instant Download

So this ones a butterfly, sort of. Theres no actual butterfly anatomy here, no wings with veins or a fuzzy body. Its built entirely from leaves. The silhouette reads as a butterfly because the outer fronds fan out symmetrically left and right, but when you look close every millimetre of it is botanical, slim fern fronds, broad satin leaves, small rounded buds and what look like tiny seed pods scattered through the panels. Two small round green eyes sit at the top of a central stem that serves as the body, and two slim curled antennae arc up from there.

Four colours, which sounds restrained for how complex the design looks. Theres a bright vivid green for the main leaf fills, a lighter yellow-green for smaller accent fronds near the outer edges, a warm golden amber for the smaller flower-like clusters tucked between leaves, and a near-white or pale cream for the tiny circular eye details and a few highlight fronds. The density runs at 1105 stitches per square inch, which is high, and it shows, the finished piece has that thick full look you get with densely digitised folk-style work.

Stitch count on the largest size is 55k, so plan for 45 to 60 minutes at normal running speed. A customer who does botanical wall pieces ordered three sizes last autumn to hang as a grouped set on a pale sage linen panel, small, medium, large, all three centred vertically. She said it looked like a print from a natural history illustration book. Smallest size is 3.13 by 4.51 inches, largest goes to 5.91 by 8.51, so its got real presence on anything big.

Use a medium to heavy cutaway stabiliser because of the density. Hoop taut, and float if youre going onto a delicate fabric. Run at 550 to 600 SPM on the dense fill passes to avoid push-pull distortion. Avoid stretchy knits for this one, the density pulls. Best on a firm linen, cotton canvas or denim. Drop me a message if a registration shift splits the wing symmetry and Ill resend a corrected file.