Vintage Floral Sewing Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Its a vintage sewing machine with flowers coming off it, and I mean proper trailing floral sprigs, not just a scatter of dots. The needle is down mid-stitch and the thread loops out into alot of decorative curls around the base. Real old-school illustration feel, like something off the cover of a 1960s sewing pattern booklet.

8 colours total: dusty rose, sage green, cream, warm brown, pale gold, soft white, charcoal outline and a deeper burgundy for the shadows on the machine body. Digitising this one took real care because the fine floral stems need tight density to hold shape at smaller sizes. Its not a fast digitise, and thats why my biggest size runs 57,150 stitches so plan accordingly.

Use a good cutaway stabiliser on cotton canvas bags or denim. The satin column stems can pull on loose-weave fabrics so backing is worth doing right. Add topping on terry or towelling if you want crisp petal outlines, it makes a real difference. Skip synthetic microfibre for the larger sizes, the density fights it and youll spend time unpicking.

Comes in 5 sizes, smallest around 3.5 inches wide and largest at 7.5 inches. A customer last christmas ordered 20 of the medium size for craft fair bags and said theyd sold out by noon. So I reckon this one earns its place in a sewing-themed collection.

Best stitched on natural tones, cream linen, oatmeal canvas, pale denim. It reads well on dark navy too but youll probably need to add a white topping layer for the lighter petal colours to show. Holler if the file gives you any trouble and ill get it sorted fast.