Mother Hood Embroidery Design, Mother's Day Pattern, Machine Embroidery Pattern, Instant Download

Getting the underlay right on this one took me three attempts, not kidding. The blackletter serifs on those hairline strokes kept collapsing at smaller sizes and I had to go back into the pro digitising tools and rebuild the satin columns from scratch before they sat flat on cotton without gapping. Its "Mother Hood" stacked two lines in heavy gothic blackletter, the kind of lettering you would see on a tattoo flash sheet, and scattered around the whole thing are six butterflies with white wing veining sewn in directional satin plus a handful of four-pointed sparkle stars. One colour. Done. But dont let that fool you, the density sits around 655 stitches per inch on the main fill so this reads sharp and genuinely heavy even on dark fabric. Use a cutaway stabiliser and a water-soluble topping on terry or fleece pieces, it keeps the tatami fill from sinking into the pile. For denim or canvas the directional underlay alone is enough, skip the topping entirely. Hoop your fabric grain dead straight and center the design carefully, those dense satin columns catch the light at an angle and any lil twist shows immediately. Ive stitched this on charcoal canvas, natural linen, black cotton jersey and dark navy twill and it looks different on every one of them, all good. At 3.5 inches wide the stitch count is around 10,614 so it runs out fast, handy if youre doing a batch. Last week a mum who runs a craft stall messaged me after running these on charcoal canvas totes and said the whole batch cleared before lunch. Pair the 5-inch with a heavy linen piece for framing and the gothic contrast is genuinely something people stop and look at.

Drop me a message if the base layer peeks through up top.