This is the design I pull out when someone wants something botanical but not fussy. Its a garden border, the kind you see in old seed catalogues or pressed-flower prints, stems at different heights with a mix of poppies, cosmos, and berry clusters scattered through it. Doesnt look like a repeat pattern, looks like something actually grew like that.
Six colours: mostly dark green for all the leaf and stem work, then pink for the cosmos heads, red for the poppies and berry dots, a sand tone for a couple of the secondary blooms, brown as a very subtle accent, and a touch of orange. digitising tools did the digitising, density set at 518 which is on the lighter side intentionally, it keeps those thin stem outlines from dragging and gives the whole thing that loose illustrative quality. Hooped on a light tear-away or light cutaway, works well on linen, cotton twill, or canvas.
Because its wider than it is tall, it drops beautifully along a bottom hem, a cuff edge, or the front panel of a tote. Stitch the smallest size on a shirt pocket hem. Run the biggest at 4.49 x 7.50 inches across the bottom of a linen apron or a canvas bag and it fills the space without being overcrowded.
I had someone use it last summer on a set of cotton napkins, one stitched at each corner. She sent me a photo and honestly it looked like something from a boutique home goods shop. Thats about 8,500 stitches per napkin at the small size so its not a quick run but the result is worth it.
Send it to your machine and stitch it onto linen, a tote, or a hem band and see how it sits.
What people are using this design for
A starting point. The design works for plenty more than just this list, this is what folks have stitched it onto most.
- Linen apron hem borders and front panelsRun across the front bib of a linen apron and it turns a plain kitchen piece into something that looks like it came from a boutique
- Cotton napkin corners and table runnersStitch one at each corner of a set of 4 cotton dinner napkins using light tear-away stabiliser on the woven fabric
- Canvas tote bag frontsPlace across the front panel of a natural canvas tote to create a wildflower garden bag perfect for farmers markets
- Shirt and blouse hem embellishmentsEmbroider along the shirt hem or cuff of a linen blouse for a subtle botanical accent that reads as artisan-made
- Cushion covers with botanical themesCentre on a cushion cover in cream linen for a botanical home decor piece that coordinates with any natural palette
- Quilting projects as border blocksUse as a rectangular border strip in a lap quilt alongside solid fabric blocks for a cottage garden quilt layout
- Fabric book covers and journal wrapsHoop onto book-binding fabric or a fabric journal cover for a hand-made stationery gift
Dimensions
5 sizes included. Stitch counts shown for the largest colorway.
| Size (in) | Stitches |
|---|---|
| 2.10 × 3.50 in | 8,540 |
| 2.69 × 4.50 in | 10,685 |
| 3.29 × 5.50 in | 12,815 |
| 3.89 × 6.50 in | 15,026 |
| 4.49 × 7.50 in | 17,437 |
Files & Formats
Eight machine formats included in one zip. Whichever your machine reads, its in the pack.
Plus a color chart for thread matching. See full format guide.
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Reyazul Masud Riham, hand-drawing every design on this site
Every design on Re Embroidery is hand-digitized by one person. Each file gets sketched, color-matched, and stitch-tested on real fabric before it earns a place in the shop. No team. No auto-conversion from images. Just slow, deliberate work, sometimes three or four days per design.
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