Striking Red Poppy Flower Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Striking red poppy, five wide rounded petals, each one outlined in heavy scratchy black running stitches that give it that hand-drawn ink look. Inside each petal the fill is a solid saturated red satin stitched at a slight angle so it catches the light differently from different viewing angles. The very centre button is a small dense dark circle. Then behind the whole flower, radiating outward in three or four directions, are loose red stitch strokes that look like ink or paint flicking off a brush. Its not tidy and its not meant to be.

The stem is a single slim line in near-black with small irregular leaf shapes growing off it, each leaf outlined the same scratchy way as the petals. Those leaves dont have a heavy fill, just enough satin to show the shape. The whole thing is very graphic, the kind of design that reads clearly from across a room on a plain white or cream background.

Three colours total which keeps colour changes short but the stitch density is high at 624 per square inch and the big 7.5-inch version clocks 30k stitches. Use a medium-weight cutaway on stretch fabrics and a stiff tearaway below plain cotton. The ink-splash strokes around the edges are individual run stitches so they need proper stabilisation or they can drag on looser weaves. Float a water-soluble topping on any textured fabric so those fine stray stitches dont sink into the pile. Skip dark base colours entirely, the contrast between white negative space and the red is what makes the graphic effect work.

People use this for Remembrance Day projects, botanical tote bags, linen cushions, art pieces meant to be framed and hung. I get messages about it in autumn, last october someone stitched a set of 5-inch versions on cream linen squares and framed them as a series for a hallway. Bold florals that arent oversentimental tend to get used that way. Reach out through the shop if the outer splash strokes catch on your stabiliser and Ill tighten the satin run.