Sunflower Bloom Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Its a full-face sunflower looking straight at you, petals all the way round like a clock. Theres 2 rings of petals here, an outer layer that sweeps wide and an inner lil bunch sitting tighter behind em, and the colour shifts from pale gold on the outer tips through amber in the middle sections into a deep rust-brown where they tuck under the disc. The centre is a raised oval done in dark brown with mustard yellow highlights, and it reads almost 3D from the texture of the digitising.

Five colours total, 4 colour changes across nine sizes. Smallest runs about 15,443 stitches at 3.4 inches across. Biggest is 7.29 inches wide and tops at 47,339 stitches, which is alot of thread going in but professional digitising tools handled the directional fills cleanly so the petals actually feel like petals, not just a flat amber patch. Each petal row runs a slightly different angle to get that natural overlap look.

My mum ordered this one last summer for a set of linen tea towels shes been selling at a local craft market. She stitched 3 different sizes on cream and oatmeal linen and they sold out by lunchtime. Ive been recommending cutaway stabiliser on linen ever since because the weave pulls otherwise and youre gonna lose the petal crisp edges.

Pair it with navy, sage, or charcoal cotton for a botanical print feel. Looks gorgeous on natural linen aswell. Skip synthetic jersey here, the density is high and youll want a stable woven ground for the underlay to sit on. Best results when you hoop firm and reduce speed slightly on the centre disc fill, thats where the bobbin tension matters most.