Half Bee Half Sunflower Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Worked this one up as part of the half-and-half nature series, the kind of design that takes a second to read and then you cant unsee it. Left side is a honey bee, you get the wing cell detailing done in satin column stitching, the body stripes, the antenna curling up, and the hairy texture on the thorax. Right side opens into a sunflower head, those long symmetrical petals radiating out with the dense centre disc. The split runs straight down the vertical axis and both shapes share the same body outline so it reads as one unified form. Everything in single black thread, 1 colour, 0 colour changes.

3 sizes available, smallest is 2.03 inches wide which is a tiny pocket accent, middle is 2.84 inches, largest goes to 3.66 inches. Stitch range is 4,937 at the smallest up to 8,598 at the largest. Digitising used tight satin columns on the wings and outline stitch on the petals to keep each side visually distinct without needing different thread colours. Dont need em, the contrast is all in the stitch type.

Ya cant really go wrong with placement on this. I had a customer last spring who scattered a bunch of em across the front of a linen market bag at 3 different sizes, like a lil colony. It was genuinely one of the better uses Ive seen, looked like a proper nature print.

Stitch on cotton, linen, canvas or denim. Tearaway backing works on woven fabric, cutaway on any stretch. Works great on white, cream, navy, sage or mustard backgrounds where black thread has something to pop against. Skip patterned or busy fabrics, the line art detail gets lost in them. Pair two or 3 sizes together for a scattered placement look.