Sunflower Angel Silhouette Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Heres the sunflower angel and shes built like a memorial keepsake. Solid black silhouette of a robed angel facing sideways. Wings stretched out behind her in soft feather sweeps. In her hands a bouquet of sunflowers tucked against her chest. The whole figure sits on a watercolour wash of peach, gold and a hint of sage that bleeds out behind the wings like a sunset halo.

Its the colour layering thats doing the heavy lifting here. Five threads total. Black for the silhouette, then warm yellow and golden ochre for the sunflower heads, sage green for the leaves, soft peach for the cloud wash. The watercolour effect is digitised with low-density tatami fills so the pastels blend at the edges instead of fighting each other. Real soft, real airy.

I drew this one specifically for memorial pieces. People have been ordering it for memory pillows and remembrance hoops, alot of them after losing a mum or grandma. My widowed neighbour stitched the 6-inch on a memory cushion for her late mother last christmas. The cream linen background made the gold feathers absolutely glow. Works as a sympathy gift, garden of remembrance flag, angel of the sunflower fields piece, anything tender.

Stitch on plain pale fabric for cleanest read. Pop it on cream, ivory, dusty rose, oatmeal linen or pale grey cotton and the watercolour blooms breathe. Skip dark navy or black fabric here aswell, the soft peach and sage just get swallowed and the silhouette loses its halo. Skip heavy textures like terry or fleece because the feather edges need flat ground to look feathered.

Top stitch count runs about 25k on the biggest 7.5-inch panel, 10k on the small 3. Pop a midweight cutaway, especially on tee knits and quilt cotton. Polyester thread holds the colour through washing better than rayon for memorial keepsakes that get handled alot. And keep your hoop tight, the watercolour underlay needs flat ground to bloom right. Knock me on email if a thread keeps fraying mid-stitch.