Insect hand embroidery patterns: butterflies and moths, bumblebees and honey bees, dragonflies, ladybirds and beetles, often with flowers and leaves. Each PDF comes with ready-to-print outlines in several hoop sizes and recommended DMC colours.
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Original design: a ladybug hand embroidery pattern: a round red ladybug with black spots, a black head and thin legs, stitched on natural linen. The PDF includes six sizes from 3″ to 8″ and DMC colour codes. Instant PDF download, no physical item shipped.
Original design: a ladybug with leaves hand embroidery pattern: a raised red ladybug with black spots climbing a sprig with sage green leaves, stitched on natural linen. The PDF includes six sizes from 3″ to 8″ and DMC colour codes. Instant PDF download, no physical item shipped.
Original design: a monarch butterfly hand embroidery pattern: open wings in warm orange, gold and peach with black veins and white dots, stitched on natural linen. The PDF includes six sizes from 3″ to 8″ and DMC colour codes. Instant PDF download, no physical item shipped.
Original design: a dragonfly hand embroidery pattern: a slim teal dragonfly with a raised body and four lacy cream wings, stitched on natural linen. The PDF includes six sizes from 3″ to 8″ and DMC colour codes. Instant PDF download, no physical item shipped.
Original design: a spider with web and leaves hand embroidery pattern with a striped grey spider on fine web threads above a leafy sprig. The PDF includes six sizes from 3″ to 8″ and DMC colour codes. Instant PDF download, no physical item shipped.
Original design: a hummingbird hawk-moth hand embroidery pattern with the moth hovering over a purple flower and a green leaf. The PDF includes six sizes from 3″ to 8″ and DMC colour codes. Instant PDF download, no physical item shipped.
Original design: an ant on a mossy mound hand embroidery pattern with a dark ant walking across textured moss beside grass blades and a tiny mushroom. The PDF includes six sizes from 3″ to 8″ and DMC colour codes. Instant PDF download, no physical item shipped.
Original design: a butterfly and lavender hand embroidery pattern with a blue and orange butterfly over lavender sprigs and small gold stars, stitched on navy fabric. The PDF includes six sizes from 3″ to 8″ and DMC colour codes. Instant PDF download, no physical item shipped.
Original design: a butterfly hand embroidery pattern with an orange and black butterfly resting on a pink thistle flower, stitched on dusty rose fabric. The PDF includes six sizes from 3″ to 8″ and DMC colour codes. Instant PDF download, no physical item shipped.
Original design: a blue swallowtail butterfly hand embroidery pattern with open wings shaded in three blues and edged in black. The PDF includes six sizes from 3″ to 8″ and DMC colour codes. Instant PDF download, no physical item shipped.
Original design: a bumblebee hand embroidery pattern with a smiling bee sitting on a big pale pink flower under two small clouds, stitched on natural linen. The PDF includes six sizes from 3″ to 8″ and DMC colour codes. Instant PDF download, no physical item shipped.
Original design: a flying bumblebee hand embroidery pattern with a round striped bee among small pale blue clouds, stitched on beige fabric. The PDF includes six sizes from 3″ to 8″ and DMC colour codes. Instant PDF download, no physical item shipped.
Original design: a sleeping bumblebee hand embroidery pattern with a round bee asleep on a fluffy dandelion seed head, stitched on natural linen. The PDF includes six sizes from 3″ to 8″ and DMC colour codes. Instant PDF download, no physical item shipped.
Original design: a stag beetle hand embroidery pattern with a dark brown beetle shown from above, its large antler-like jaws raised and its thin, veined wings spread. The PDF includes 4″, 6″ and 8″ sizes and DMC colour codes. Instant PDF download, no physical item shipped.
Original design: a black ant hand embroidery pattern with a realistic ant shown in side view, with long antennae and thin jointed legs. The PDF includes 4″, 6″ and 8″ sizes and DMC colour codes. Instant PDF download, no physical item shipped.
Original design: a bumblebee hand embroidery pattern with a fluffy black and golden yellow bee in flight and a soft white wing. The PDF includes 4″, 6″ and 8″ sizes and DMC colour codes. Instant PDF download, no physical item shipped.
Butterfly embroidery and bee embroidery are two of the most popular subjects in hand embroidery, and they are not seasonal: people stitch them all year round. This collection gathers our insect patterns: butterflies and moths, bumblebees, ladybugs, dragonflies, beetles and other garden creatures, often shown with flowers and leaves.
Wings with soft colour changes are worked in long and short stitch; small solid shapes such as a beetle's shell suit satin stitch or padded satin stitch for a raised finish. Legs and antennae are fine lines in back stitch or stem stitch with one or two strands.
A single bee or butterfly is small enough for a 4 inch hoop, a pocket or a collar; a butterfly on a flower fills a larger hoop. Simpler insects are also in our beginner-friendly collection. Every paid PDF includes vector line art in several hoop sizes, DMC colour codes, a materials list and a separate Stitch Guide PDF.
