Water Lily Embroidery Design, Instant Download

So heres a fully open water lily sitting on its own pads, pale blue ripple reflection wavering beneath. Petals layer outward in three rings. Magenta on the outer crown. Brighter pink across the middle ring. Soft light pink fading toward the heart of the bloom. An orange amber stamen cluster sits dead centre with little dark red flecks dotted through it. Two big lily pads spread behind the flower in deep green and mint green, fringed by a fine ink-black outline that holds the whole shape together. One color. Stunning.

The reflection underneath surprised me honestly. Suprised even after I'd already stitched a sample. Pale blue wavy lines run below the bloom and the pads like genuine rippled water, breaking up enough to feel like an actual surface mirror instead of a solid colour band. Twelve thread shades make the file. The run carries 11 colour changes and 77 trims. my standard software handled the petal layering using directional stitching so light catches each ring of petals at a different angle when the finished piece moves.

I drew this back in june when one of my regulars kept asking for a pond floral, her wedding had used water-lily centrepieces and she wanted matching botanical embroidery for the anniversary linens. After receiving her copy she stitched the big seven-and-a-half-inch version across a duck cloth ring pillow for the tea party, then mailed photos through, the magenta petals on cream duck cloth matched her actual bouquet from the wedding day. Pad and reflection detail held up perfectly clean even when I scaled down to 4-inch coasters for the same table.

Stitch on pale cloth so the colours sing properly. Pick cream linen, ivory cotton, soft sage, butter yellow or pale blush, theyre all beautiful grounds and they let the pale blue reflection become part of the composition instead of fading away. Avoid deep cloth grounds altogether, midnight blue and black turn the pad greens muddy and the reflection vanishes. Skip heavy patterned fabric aswell because the fine ink outline work needs negative space breathing room.

Density runs 1118 which puts it medium-heavy. The largest size hits 43,838 stitches so plan a long run for the biggest version of the file. Use a firm cutaway, its essential here. Add topping on textured cotton or pique to keep outline lines crisp under the satin edges. Hoop tight. Dont rush the colour-change sequence, the petal rings need to land in order or the layered look gets muddled. Theres a tip too, run a test swatch first on the cloth youre using. Text the shop inbox if a petal ring drops underlay mid-run and ill rebuild that section, then customise the trims to suit your machine specifically.