Simple Daisy Flower Embroidery Design, Instant Download

I sold a lot of these over the years and this daisy keeps showing up in my repeat orders, last spring alone I had 3 customers come back for it in different colours. Its a single head, tilted slightly like it just turned toward the light, with those cream-white petals fanning out from a big rounded golden centre. Each petal has fine parallel satin fill running across it, not radially, which is the trick, so the stitch direction shifts petal to petal and you can actually see each one as its own thing. The centre uses a tighter textured fill with some darker accent dots scattered through it, like seeds or pollen. Nine sizes from 3 in baseline to 7-inbaseline, stitch counts going from 6,629 right up to 21,464.

And the three-colour thread change is minimal, petals in one thread, centre in a warm gold, small dots in a darker shade. Most machines handle that without any fuss. Density sits at 581 which is well in the middle range, so the fill is solid on medium weight cotton or linen without pulling the fabric tight. Hoop with a medium-cutaway stabiliser on stretch fabrics and youll get a clean flat result. On stable cotton or canvas a tearaway works just fine.

Swap the white petals for cream and you get a softer vintage daisy. Use soft yellow for a golden-centre wildflower look. Sage green petals on a cream tea towel reads almost botanical print. Dont overthink the palette, the golden centre anchors whatever colours you put around it and stays consistent. Use a 75/11 needle on lighter fabrics, bump to 90/14 if you're sewing into heavy canvas. Skip very open-weave linen, the satin fill can pull through gaps at the petal tips.