Pilea Money Plant Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Worked up this pilea design because the leaf shape is so distinctive. Pilea peperomioides has those perfectly round coin-shaped leaves on individual thin stems, and most embroidery designs I found either made the leaves too small or too symmetrical. This one fans them out loosely from a dusty pink pot, 2 colours, and each lime green fill is slightly varied in angle from one leaf to the next to stop the whole thing looking mechanical. Its one of those designs where the subject does the work.

I used Wilcom EmbroideryStudio for digitising. Four sizes from 1.51 inches wide to 5.51 inches, and the stitch count range is 2,483 to 14,365. The largest size is a proper statement hoop at 5.15 inches tall. Density is 506 per square inch, medium-weight. The thin pilea stems are satin columns and they need a firm cutaway stabiliser to hold their shape, especially at the 2-inch size where the column width gets narrow. Do not use tearaway here, the stems will shift.

This one went onto cream throw pillows last winter and it sold well as a gift idea. A customer ordered a pair of pillows stitched with the 4-inch version and they told me the colour combination was exactly what they needed. Message me if anything isnt right with the file, Im easy to reach.

Use the 5.5-inch size for a pillow centre. Pop the 2-inch version on a small pouch front or a gift tag patch. Stitch the stems in a matching spool so the colour stays consistent across a repeat run. Pair with light tearaway only if your fabric is very stiff, otherwise cutaway all the way. Ive had no issues but message me if something isnt right.