Single Lily Flower Stem Embroidery Design, Instant Download

A single lily, just one stem, no bouquet noise. Bloom opens at the top with six pointed petals fanning out, each one filled with sage green sketch lines tracing along the petal edge. White sits underneath as the base layer so the green reads soft and not flat. Three little dark red stamen dots cluster in the centre with thin black antennae poking out around them.

Long bold stem runs straight down the middle, drawn in heavy black outline with one big leaf curling left and a smaller leaf trailing right at the base. Leaves get the same sage-and-white treatment as the petals which keeps the whole thing consistent. Honestly it reminds me of a vintage botanical poster, the kind framed in a sunroom or a yoga studio waiting area.

Five colours total. Sage green carries most of the colour, white fills the petal base, dark olive does the centre veins, dark red dots the stamens and black holds every outline. Smallest size runs 11,883 stitches at 2.45 wide by 3.5 inch high, biggest goes 27,425 at 5.25 by 7.51. Density at 696 spi means the stitch sits flat on woven cotton, doesnt build up in the petal corners.

Stitch on white, cream, oat or soft pink linen and the green and red sing. Looks great on dusty blue and sage cotton too. Stay off busy patterned fabric, the line-art needs negative space around the stem to breathe, and skip dark backgrounds because the white petal base goes invisible. My mum picked up the 6 inch size in March for a tea-towel set she made for her gardening club Easter raffle, and theyd all walked off the trestle by lunch.

Back knits with a 2oz medium cutaway, then move over to tear-away when youre running woven cotton. Lay a sheet of wash-away film on top of terry or fleece pile, the thin stamen lines need that support or theyll sink. Reach me by email if any of the small stop colours come in wonky on your machine, ill resequence the colour stops and send a clean copy back.