Open Book Blooming With Wildflowers Embroidery Design, Book Lover Machine Embroidery Pattern, Instant Download

An open book and a wildflower meadow growing straight out of the spine. The book sits flat at the bottom with the pages fanning out either side, the covers are solid filled black, the page edges have fine parallel lines that give them that realistic layered look. Then from the centre where the pages meet, the flowers just take over.

Theres a lot going on in the bouquet and its worth describing properly. Round poppy heads on long stems, cosmos flowers with their thin petals, daisy shapes, fern fronds with individual leaflets, small tight buds still closed, and scattered round dots of different sizes floating around the whole composition like seeds caught mid-air. The flowers dont have fill inside them, its all outline and the varying stitch densities in different parts do the work of suggesting depth and texture.

Stitch count is heavier than you might expect for a single-colour design, around 27k on the smallest and over 41k on the largest. Thats because the cover section uses dense fill stitching to get that solid inked look and the flower count is genuinely high. I know some customers notice the thread usage on what looks like a simple black line design and message me about it, so I want to flag that up front. Its not a problem, just plan your bobbin thread accordingly. Last month a customer doing book-themed wedding favours ran out of bobbin thread mid-project and messaged me after, so I now mention it every time.

Back it with a woven stabiliser that holds firm, particularly under the book covers which carry the heaviest fill density. Do a test stitch on a scrap piece first and check your tension before you commit to your main fabric. The page-edge lines show any tension drift immediately, so dont skip that step. Run it on a mid-weight woven cotton or linen, not a stretchy or loosely-woven fabric. Black on cream linen is the classic combo here. Black on sage green hits really well too.

Four sizes from 6 inches wide up to 9 inches. Wide landscape format so it sits best centred on a flat surface like a tote front, a pillow, or a framed hoop. Email me if you have a specific fabric question before you start stitching.