Beautiful Wildflower Embroidery Design, Machine Embroidery Pattern, Instant Download

A linen tea towel is where I keep coming back to with this one. Hoop a 5 inch version dead centre, let those five wildflower stems spread out across the fabric, and its the kind of thing people actually stop and pick up at a craft fair. Theres a pink daisy with a coral centre on the left, a spindly yellow yarrow-style cluster in the middle, a purple cornflower with green buds, a peach coneflower with a round green button, and a golden yellow daisy on the right. Each one is its own character. Im kinda obsessed with how the purple one turned out, those frayed-looking petals have real directional stitching going on and it catches the light differently depending on the thread you pick.

The satin fill on the petals is dense enough to hold up on cotton and twill without puckering, but you will want a cutaway stabiliser on stretchy jersey or the stems wont lay flat. I digitised these with proper underlay under every petal so the satin sits smooth, not lumpy. Stitch density runs to about 514 stitches per square centimetre on the fuller flowers, which means the coverage is solid without being stiff to the touch. A quilter last month stitched the smallest size onto quilt blocks as accent squares and sent me photos. I dosent usually see these used that way but it works really well, especially with a cream or sage background fabric.

Skip the topping on woven fabrics, you wont need it. On terry cloth or fleece though, use a water-soluble topping so the loop pile doesnt eat up the fine stem lines. The yellow yarrow cluster has some thin branching lines and those are the first thing that disappears if you skip that step. Pair the whole set with a 75/11 embroidery needle, match your bobbin thread to your background colour, and use slow speed on your first run to make sure the jump stitches between flowers trim clean.

Hit me up if the bobbin thread shows on top.