Open Book with Blooming Floral Branch Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Cooked up this open-book-branch combination for people who keep asking for something on the simpler end. The book lays flat and open, and a single flowering branch rises from the spine binding point, two open poppy-style blooms with outlined petals, two closed buds, a handful of leaves scattered along the stem. Theres one dark solid leaf cluster right at the base where the stem meets the spine. Thats the only dense stitching in the whole piece.

Six sizes, 2.24 inches wide at the smallest up to 6.7 inches at the largest. Heights 2.5 to 7.5 inches. Stitch counts from 2,127 at the tiny end up to 5,779 at the full 6.7 inch size. Density 115, which is very sparse, similar weight to a pencil sketch on cloth. No colour changes, single thread throughout. Because its so lightly stitched, you can use a lightweight tearaway stabiliser on wovens, no need for cutaway here.

People have been using this one alot for tote bags where they want the book-and-floral idea but dont want the bag stiff with heavy fill. I stitched the medium 4 inch version on a pale sage linen tea towel this month to test it, and the sparse branch reads like a handpainted botanical print against the colour. Genuinely suprised how elegant the minimal stitching looked on the right background colour.

Pick light or mid-tone backgrounds: white, cream, sage, oatmeal or pale navy all work. Skip dark fabrics, the fine outline gets lost. Use standard polyester or rayon thread in a dark shade, the thin satin outline lines stay crisp with both. Hoop with medium tension, the low stitch density doesnt benefit from drum-tight hooping.