Lavender Flower Sprig Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Two lavender sprigs grow up from a shared base, stems crossing near the bottom and then diverging so the tops lean apart at different heights. Each stem has short leaf pairs in bright satin green running up the sides and then a cluster of small tubular florets at the top. The florets use a soft pink-purple for the body with powder blue catching the tips, which is what makes the colour feel more complex than it first looks. Its that two-tone on the florets that separates it from a flat vector flower and makes it feel like proper botanical illustration.

The sprig format means its tall and narrow, which is useful. Goes onto small items without taking over the whole surface. The 4-inch height fits neatly on a chest pocket or the corner of a napkin, and the 8-inch version fills a tote front without feeling cramped. Stitch count runs from just under 6k at the smallest to about 11k at the largest, so its a genuinely quick stitch even on the big size.

Ive watched this one go onto linen more than any other fabric. Earlier this year a customer picked the 5-inch for a set of six dinner napkins and wrote back to say guests kept asking where she bought them. Thats the kind of thing that happens with botanical designs on natural fabric: the thread and the material seem made for each other.

Hoop linen or woven cotton on a woven tearaway stabiliser for household items you wash regularly. Pull the tearaway clean after stitching so the backing doesnt pucker through thin linen. For jersey or any stretchy knit, swap to a woven cutaway and use a topping layer so the floret satin columns stitch cleanly without sinking into the nap. Pick a pale neutral ground so all four colours read properly. Email me if any size gives you trouble and Ill get it sorted fast.