Intricate Red & Black Floral Mandala Embroidery Design, Machine Embroidery Pattern, Instant Download

This mandala is built in rings. The outermost layer has big pointed petals with jagged flame-tipped edges, all in red, and they fan out to cover the full circle. Inside that sits a tighter ring of narrower leaf-like petals in black outline, and the layers keep alternating inward, red then black then red, each ring slightly more compressed than the last. At the very centre theres a small geometric star shape in black that anchors everything.

The whole thing is proper symmetrical, like if you folded it in half in any direction the two sides would match up perfect. Six-fold symmetry at the outer edge, eight-fold at the inner rings. The contrast between the bold red outer petals and the black detail work inside is what makes it pop, they're quite different in character but they work dead well together. Two colours, two colour changes per run, all solid fill no loose satin jumps.

Stitch count on the 4 inch size is about 27,400 and it goes up to around 59,000 on the full nine inch. Dense piece, not gonna pretend otherwise. Use a firm cutaway stabiliser on any medium to heavyweight fabric, cotton twill, canvas, denim, linen. Hoop tight and run a slow first pass if your machine hasnt done a piece this dense before. Tear-away will lift at the edges on anything lighter than drill cloth so dont bother with it here. A customer last month dropped me a note saying she stitched the nine inch version on the back of a denim jacket and had to do two passes through the tension dial before it sat flat, worth knowing ahead of time.

Six sizes from four to nine inch, all square hoop. Works on cushion covers, jacket backs, tote panels, wall hoops, table runners, anywhere you want a centrepiece that holds attention without needing colour variety.