Woodland Friends Line Art Embroidery Design, Machine Embroidery Pattern, Instant Download

Linen tea towels are kinda where this one belongs first. That long horizontal layout, maybe 7 inches across on natural linen with a forest green thread, and you've got something that looks like it came from a proper craft shop. The whole scene sits in one row: a lil wildflower stem on the left, a frog crouching low, three mushrooms at different heights in the centre, a snail with its spiral shell done in dashed running stitch, and a bee buzzing up in the corner. Its all one colour, which is actually what makes it work so well on linen.

This is a redwork-style design, single thread, outline only. No satin fills, no tatami blocks, its all outline work with satin-edged paths, and that dashed detail on the snail shell is what gives it genuine character. Stitch count sits around 2,195 at the smallest size and climbs to about 3,342 at the full 7.5 inch width. Not dense at all. Density is 125, so it lays flat without pulling the fabric up, which matters alot on woven cotton and loose linen weaves.

I had a crafting teacher order the 3.5 inch size last week to go on a set of canvas bags she was making for her class. She wanted something that wouldnt bulk up with fills, just clean lines her students could look at and understand structurally. This design does exactly that. Use a cutaway stabiliser under jersey or stretch fabrics, but on cotton or linen youre fine with a tear-away. Hoop with a bit of topping if your fabric has texture. Pop it on the pocket of a denim apron and the green thread against the blue is honestly one of my favourite colour combos.

Add a contrasting backing colour behind a canvas project and the outline really pops. Skip the underlay on fine cotton voile, the density is low enough it doesnt need it. On a canvas tote, the 5 inch fits nicely if you centre it about 3 inches down from the top hem so the bee doesnt get cut off when the bag is folded.

Hit me up and I can lighten the underlay for knits.