Strawberry Plant Embroidery Design, Instant Download

A whole strawberry plant instead of just the isolated fruit, so youre getting the trailing stems, the serrated three-part leaves, a couple of ripe red berries hanging down, and a few small white flowers with yellow centres still on the vine. Its very much a botanical illustration feel, not a cartoon, the kind of thing youd see printed on a gardening apron or a cottage kitchen curtain. 5 colours in the build, red berries, two greens for the leaves and stems, white for the flowers, and a yellow for the centres. Built in professional tools, 4 sizes ranging from 2.88 to 6.73 inches wide, stitches from 7,937 up to 24,692.

Density 524 keeps this in the balanced zone, not so heavy that it stiffens the fabric but thick enough that the botanical detail holds well. Add mid-weight cutaway on cotton and linen, which are the obvious fabric choices for this style. The directional stitch on the leaves is what sells the illustrated look, those fills follow the vein lines of each leaf rather than just filling flat. If you skip stabiliser or underlay the hooped area, those leaf veins soften and you lose the whole botanical quality.

One customer placed an order this spring for her allotment club market stall. She was making a small run of cotton tote bags for a plant sale, the 5-inch laid down on natural hessian. Said it looked like it was printed directly onto the bag, people kept asking where she bought them. Thats the kind of feedback that tells you the digitising is doing what its supposed to do.

Pair this with a creamy or sage green base fabric to keep the garden mood going. Add it to an apron, a fabric plant pot holder, or a reusable grocery bag alongside a coordinating leaf design. The taller 7 inch height at the largest size also suits a tea towel centred lengthways.