Heart Leaf Potted Plant Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Pothos leaves are naturally heart-shaped and this design makes that the whole point. Several leaves trail and drape from a round butter yellow pot, each leaf stitched with a proper heart outline at the tip rather than just a generic oval. The vein lines run from the centre stem outward in a herringbone pattern and the density at 655 keeps them visible even at the smaller sizes. Its got a slightly cute character to it without going full kawaii, so it works for adults aswell as kids items.

Four colours: forest green fills the main leaves, a lighter lime accent goes on new-growth leaves, butter yellow takes the pot body, and soft white picks out the vein highlights. I ran this in Wilcom EmbroideryStudio across 5 sizes from 1.51 inches to 5.5 inches wide, stitch counts 2,168 to 11,415. The wider spread of trailing leaves means this design is nearly as wide as it is tall, which makes it well suited to horizontal placements. Use cutaway stabiliser on the leaf fills because the counter-directional vein stitching will pull on anything without proper backing. Dont use tearaway on tea towels that go in the wash.

I hooped this on a blush cotton tea towel in spring this year and the forest green against the blush pink is unexpectedly good. A customer hooped the 4-inch size onto a matching pair of blush linen tea towels and said they sold out at a market in two hours. That doesnt suprise me, its a genuinely nice object when its done properly.

Pop it on a tea towel hem border, an apron pocket band, a cushion front, a book bag. Stitch the 2-inch version on small gift tags for a botanical gifting detail. Skip polyester fabric if you want those vein details to stay crisp because the density needs a natural weave to sit in properly.