Sunflower Mandala Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Started digitising this one last february when a few customers kept asking for mandala work that had a floral element at its centre rather than just geometry. Sunflowers were the obvious answer. The design is a full circular mandala, the flower head sits right in the middle and the petals gradually become the mandala border itself, so the whole thing is one continuous motif rather than a flower stuck onto a mandala background. And the result is something that reads as botanical AND geometric depending on how far back you stand from it.

Five sizes from 3.51 inches up to 7.51 inches, stitch counts running 12,649 at the smallest and 34,264 at the largest. Single colour throughout, which keeps thread changes to zero and makes it genuinely fast to run on the machine. Im using a standard cutaway stabiliser on the back for anything going on stretchy fabric like a jersey tote or a T-shirt, and topping with a lil piece of water-soluble topping on any textured fabric where the loops might sink into the pile. Density sits at 660 stitches per square centimetre, tight for a single-colour fill, youll get really clean satin columns across the outer petals that way. One customer ordered the large version on heavy canvas last march and said the columns in the outer ring looked almost like a woodblock print.

Alot of people go straight to the 5.5 inch version on hooped 14-count Aida for framing and it looks gorgeous there, the directional underlay layers give the piece alot of depth even in one thread colour. Use a 60-weight thread if you want the fine inner channels to sit crisp; 40-weight runs fine too but 60 gives you sharper definition in the narrow satin sections. Stitch it in deep gold on cream linen and thats probably my favourite colourway for this one.

Pop it on a tote, a cushion cover, a throw pillow, a wall piece, or the back panel of a denim jacket. Works on most mid-weight wovens without any drama. Hit me up if the file doesnt open correctly in your software and Ill get you sorted with a compatible format.