Vintage Yellow Peony Floral Embroidery Design, Instant Download

This is the vintage yellow peony Ive been sitting on for months, finally got the petal layers to feel right. One full bloom centre stage with maybe seven yellow petals folding into each other. Off to one side a smaller bud just opening up. Sage green leaves wrap around the stems like proper old-fashioned cottage garden botanical illustration, exactly the kind of vintage floral feeling Im after and theyre the bit that sells the whole piece.

Six colours run through it, buttery yellow on the outer petals, a richer gold tone in the deep centre, sage green for the leaves, soft brown stems plus a cream highlight on the petal edges. The fills are layered satin with directional stitching so each petal sits proud above the one behind it instead of all melting into a yellow blob and youre getting real depth. Bit of underlay variation gives the bloom that vintage shaded depth.

Pop it on cream linen, oatmeal cotton or pale sage chambray for that proper cottage botanical look. Skip dark fabric, the soft yellow palette just dissapears on charcoal or navy. Stitch the 7-inch hoop on a tea towel centre or the 6-inch on a cushion front. Smaller 3.5-inch fits clean on a tote pocket or napkin corner.

Density runs moderate, about 11k stitches small to 30k stitches at 7 inch. Back with mid-weight cutaway on linen, the layered petal work needs structure underneath. Hoop tight, run a slow speed through the centre detail because the colour swaps between the gold layers can drift if your machine cant pace itself. Best results come on natural-fibre fabrics digitised at 90% density. Last march a customer ordered the 7-inch on cream linen napkins for her tea event and the napkin set was gone within the week. I get messages from quilt-club mums asking which size sits right on a 12-inch block, the 7-inch is the answer.

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