Open Book with Blooming Flowers Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Reach for this one when you want the classic open-book-with-flowers idea but with some actual botanical weight to it. The book lays flat, pages fanned open, and 3 daisy-style flowers with solid round centres grow straight up from where the spine sits. Dark solid leaf clusters fill in around the base on both sides, then a few smaller buds and filler stems scatter through the upper section. The contrast between the solid leaves and the open-petalled daisies is what makes it pop.

Six sizes available, smallest at 2.05 inches wide and largest at 6.14 inches. Stitch counts go from 4,133 at the small end up to 11,626 at the full 6-inch size. Single colour, no thread changes mid-run. Density is 252, lighter than a fully-filled design, so its not gonna weigh down the fabric much. Pop a poly cutaway stabiliser, especially at the larger sizes where the filled leaf base pulls the fabric a bit more.

Reach for cotton, canvas or denim for this one, the mix of filled sections and delicate satin petals reads best on a firm ground fabric. Im not kidding when I say it looks completely different on textured fabric versus a flat weave. My daughter saw the test piece I stitched on a cream cotton pillowcase last christmas and asked for one in her room immediately. That was the 5.5 inch version and it filled the pillow front nicely without overcrowding it.

Hoop tight. The open page section uses directional stitching to show the page lines and if your stabiliser slips youll lose those fine parallel runs. Pop it on a baby onesie, a tote, a denim shirt, or frame it in a 7-inch hoop for wall art. Works on just about anything with a flat woven surface.