Half Eye Half Sunflower Embroidery Design, Abstract Art Pattern, Instant Download

My sister stitched the half eye sunflower design on a dark navy tote bag and sent me a photo last spring. The way the eye and the sunflower share the same centre is what makes it click visually. Cut right down the middle and you've got a human iris lined up with the sunflower's seed disc. Its not accidental, thats the concept, and it stitches out better than I expected.

The lash detail on the left side uses fine individual satin lines rather than a solid filled shape, so it reads as actual lashes. On the iris there are separate colour regions for the inner ring, mid ring and the pupil highlight, nine colors total including 2 skin tones for the eyelid area and inner corner. The right side sunflower petals have directional fill built in, not flat, which stops them reading as plain yellow geometry. Back the fabric with a medium-weight tearaway on stable wovens. Use a light cutaway on stretch material, the fine lash lines need the extra anchor or they can pull slightly at the tips.

Hoop tight and use a polyester top thread on the yellow sections for colour fastness through washing. The 5 inch version is the size most people use for tote bags and denim. Skip dark fabrics for the skin tone sections, the peach thread wont show properly against a near-black base. The 4 inch version works well on a bucket hat or a side pocket panel.

It lands in that category of design thats obviously floral but also obviously something else, and thats exactly why people keep buying it.