Bug & insect embroidery designs
Bug and insect embroidery designs with bees, butterflies, ladybugs, snails and other small garden visitors, drawn in house with bold outlines and bright fills. The free and premium files come in PES, DST, JEF, EXP, VP3, XXX, U01 and PEC, so the format for your machine is there.
If a bee has white wings, stitch it on colored fabric, or swap the wing thread for pale blue or gray when the fabric is white.
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Small creatures make quick designs: a striped bee, a butterfly with open wings, a spotted ladybug and a snail with a spiral shell. In these bug and insect embroidery designs, legs and antennae are drawn as chunky satin lines, and travel between the small parts is hidden under later stitching, so there are few jump stitches to clip.
At 70 mm a ladybug fits a jeans pocket, a shirt cuff or a baby bodysuit, while a 125 mm butterfly suits a tote bag or the back of a toddler's jacket. A bee also suits a beekeeper's apron, a honey jar cover or a kitchen towel.
Scatter three or four bees across a denim jacket or a set of linen napkins for a garden look, and pair them with the flower designs. Gardeners will find matching watering cans and birdhouses among the gardening designs.
Frequently asked questions
Can I embroider a bee on a pocket that is already sewn on?
Not without closing the pocket, because stitching through it sews the pocket to the shirt. Unpick the pocket, embroider it flat, then sew it back on. If the pocket is hard to remove, place the bee next to it instead and float the garment on hooped stabilizer.
Which bug designs suit spring projects?
Butterflies, bees and ladybugs are the spring trio for napkins, aprons, baby clothes and garden totes. Stitch them from February or March, when gardens and Easter are on people's minds, and add tulips and blossoms from the spring designs.