Simple Potted Leaf Plant Embroidery Design, Instant Download

This one is as stripped back as it gets. Two broad leaves, a tapered pot, matte black thread, no second colour. The midrib on each leaf is a raised satin column and the fill runs at an angle to give it a bit of dimension, but theres nothing here you dont need. Ive been making these minimal designs specifically because customers keep asking for things that look good on products where the fabric colour is doing the work, not the thread palette.

Three colours technically: the leaves and pot carry a flat dark fill, a slightly softer near-black sits on the pot shadow zone, and a dark grey handles the midrib columns. The density is 455, lighter than most of the houseplant range, and that keeps the tone from looking too heavy on pale fabrics. Sizes run from 1.5 to 4.5 inches with 4 options, stitch counts 1,371 to 6,942. I built this through my software and the satin midrib columns use an underlay pass that locks the column base into the fill so the ridge doesnt shift over time. Use cutaway stabiliser on anything that gets washed, tearaway wont hold those ridges stable.

I ran this on an oat-coloured napkin last November and it was one of the better tests Ive done. Matte black on oat linen photographs realy well, which matters if youre selling finished goods. A customer stitched 12 napkins with the 3-inch version for a restaurant table setting and the feedback was that the design was calm enough to not distract from the food. Exactly right.

Add the 2-inch size to a pocket corner. Stitch the 4.5-inch file onto a full napkin face. Skip colourful threads entirely, the whole point of this one is restraint. Run the bobbin in white so the reverse stays clean on pale oat fabric.