Lotus Mermaid Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Pop a medium-weight cutaway under this one before you start, the stitch density is 700 and the large sizes go up to 39,030 stitches, so youre dealing with a serious amount of thread on fabric. The design needs a stable base or the outer petal tips pull in where the magenta satin changes direction. I learned that the hard way on a fleece project that I should have known better than to attempt without proper backing.

Nine sizes from 3.46 inches up to 7.42 inches, 8 colour stops. The bloom fills most of the frame, all those layered pointed shapes in hot pink with lighter highlights and white gaps between petal edges. The mermaid sits small at the centre, her scale maybe one-fifth of the total height, which gives the whole thing a storybook quality. The aqua tail catches the eye because its the only cool colour in an otherwise warm pink composition. Water rings underneath are stitched in a pale pink line that just suggests the surface without being heavy. Use the 5-inch version as the baseline placement on a tote front, it reads clearly even from across a room.

A customer asked me to size this up for a large floor cushion and had it stitched at 7 inches on ivory velvet. She told me the density worked in her favour there since velvet needs higher fill to stop the pile showing through. That's probably the most luxurious use Ive seen. Skip the velvet route unless youre comfortable with slow machine speed and good topping. For most people the canvas tote or a stretched hoop framed as a gift is the more reliable path.