Open Book with Floral Butterfly Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Ive been wanting to stitch a book design with flowers growing out of the pages for a long time and here she is. An open hardback, pages fanned slightly on the left, and then on the right side a whole botanical explosion, lilies, daisies, layered leaves and stems, all growing up from the spine. And at the top, resting on the edge of a petal, one yellow butterfly. Thats the only colour in the whole piece, that yellow. Everything else is black thread on white.

Two colours. Just 2. And yet one of the more stitch-heavy designs I carry, running from 19,628 stitches at the 4-inch size all the way to 32,774 at the largest 6.7 inches wide. That density of 651 on a pure line art design means theres a lot of running stitch and satin column detail in those flower petals. The botanical elements are done with tight satin fill on the daisy centres and running stitch outlines on the petals, lily stamens are individual satin columns about 2mm wide. Hoop on a stabiliser that suits your fabric, tearaway on firm woven canvas, cutaway on any quilting cotton that has some give.

I get messages about it from book club ladies and librarians specifically. A librarian this month stitched the 6.7-inch version on a cream canvas tote for the library reading corner and I nearly cried a lil at the photo. Stitch it on anything book-lover adjacent, tote bags, book sleeves, cushions, library project bags, journal covers.

Run a single needle change, black first then yellow for the butterfly. Skip topping on smooth woven fabrics, you dont need it. Best on natural linen, cream cotton, or white canvas.