Modern Floral Embroidery Design, Abstract Botanical Machine Embroidery Pattern, Instant Download

This modern floral design landed differently than I expected when I first saw it stitched out. On paper the colour combination sounds odd, golden-yellow peonies surrounded by teal and pink watercolour wisps, but on fabric it works really well together. The warm yellows in the blooms pull against the cooler teal ink strokes and keep the whole thing from looking too sweet or too cold.

The flowers themselves are the main event. Two large peony-style blooms, tightly layered petals in mustard-gold with black outlines that give each petal definition. Above them a smaller bud, below them dark angular stems with botanical leaf sketches. Around the outside of that cluster, loose open-satin strokes in teal, powder blue, coral pink, and peach spread out like ink dropped into water. One customer ordered the 5-inch version for a tote bag and told me it looked like one of those risograph botanical prints, which is pretty much what I was going for when I made it.

Pop a cutaway stabiliser under whatever fabric youre using, the ink-splash sections are open and light but the peony centres run denser. 11 color stops means 10 changes, the warm gold is the main colour stop so youre not swapping often. 5 sizes from 3.27 by 3.48 inches up to 7.01 by 7.49 inches, stitch counts from 14,906 to 40,313. Use the larger size to fill a standard 7x7 hoop, its almost an exact fit. Stitch on natural linen, cream cotton, or white canvas, and on mid-tone fabric like dusty sage the yellow blooms sit even warmer.

Ive had customers use it as a quilting block centrepiece and it's worked well at the mid sizes for that. Run it on a structured woven rather than knit and you'll get the cleanest ink-splash edges. Email me with any questions.