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Home / Embroidery / Hand Embroidery Designs / Butterfly Embroidery Hoop on Mesh

Butterfly Embroidery Hoop on Mesh

July 26, 2017

This is sponsored post for DMC.  All opinions are my own.

I just finished another hand embroidery design that I’m sharing with you today.  I used the long and short stitch to make these pretty butterflies.  Not only did I get to try out a new stitch for this project, but I also got to try a new stitchable mesh fabric from DMC.

Butterfly Embroidery on Mesh - Free Pattern!I love how the see through mesh makes it look like the butterflies are fluttering around.  I plan on hanging this hoop in my girls’ bedroom, which will go perfectly with their decor.

Butterfly Embroidery on Mesh - Free Pattern!

To make this butterfly embroidery hoop, you’ll need:

  • free butterfly pattern – instructions to download are at the bottom of this post
  • thin permament marker
  • 8 inch embroidery hoop
  • DMC Stitchable Mesh
  • DMC Embroidery Floss : BLANC, 535, 3325, 828, 774, 3823, 776 and 3713

Butterfly Embroidery on Mesh - Free Pattern!

To transfer the design, I used a very thin permanent marker.  Just put the mesh over your pattern, and trace.  The dotted lines in the middle of the wings are guidelines for your long and short stitch.  Start by outlining the entire shape with a split stitch and then do a long and short stitch to fill it in.  For the colorful butterflies, do a single row of white, a single row of the lighter color, and then fill the rest of the wing in with the darker color.  Stitch over your split stitch to hide it.

Long and short stitch butterflies on mesh.

The center of each butterfly is a satin stitch that I also outlined in a split stitch before filling it in.  You can’t be very precise with your stitches since there is sort of a larger weave, but the butterflies still turned out beautiful!

Long and short stitch butterfly on mesh.

I’m excited to try out more things with the mesh fabric!

Butterfly Embroidery on Mesh - Free Pattern!

If you love embroidery as much as I do, make sure to check out all of these blogs for new patterns and ideas.  Everyone will be sharing projects using DMC’s new cork, mesh and cuff products.

Monday July 24:

Flamingo Toes

Tuesday July 25:

Positively Splendid

U Create

 Little Dear Tracks

Wednesday July 26:

The Scrap Shoppe

Random Acts of Amy

Thursday July 27:

Lova Revolution

The Pretty Life Girls

Wild Olive

For more tips and information about working with DMC’s stitchable mesh fabric, be sure to watch this video:

 

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  1. Kathy E. says

    July 26, 2017 at 7:26 am

    Your embroidery skills are awesome! The mesh is definitely a product I’d like to try, but I’d need to brush up on my stitching first! Love those butterflies!

    Reply
    • Jessica @ Cutesy Crafts says

      July 28, 2017 at 8:53 am

      Thanks Kathy! It was a lot of fun to try a new fabric and a new stitch. I wasn’t sure if I could pull off the long and short stitch with shading, but I was able to get the hang of it pretty quickly.

      Reply
  2. Beverly McCullough says

    July 26, 2017 at 8:26 am

    Jessica!! I am so in love with these little butterflies – your stitching is gorgeous!! They look so great on the Mesh fabric too! LOVE!!!

    Reply
    • Jessica @ Cutesy Crafts says

      July 28, 2017 at 8:54 am

      Thanks Bev! I had a lot of fun with this one. Thanks for putting together the blog hop too! <3

      Reply
  3. Kathy h says

    July 26, 2017 at 10:11 am

    Your stitching is beautiful!

    Reply
    • Jessica @ Cutesy Crafts says

      July 28, 2017 at 8:57 am

      Thanks Kathy! 🙂

      Reply
  4. Mary Holshouser says

    July 26, 2017 at 10:26 am

    A few years ago I did a form of japanese embroidery
    (name of the technique escapes me right now).
    It was done on mesh if I remember correctly. It
    was so pretty and I enjoyed it but have gotten
    away from it. Your butterflies are beautiful.
    The openness of the mesh is a great background
    for them. Thanks for sharing.

    Reply
    • Jessica @ Cutesy Crafts says

      July 28, 2017 at 8:58 am

      Thanks Mary! Ooh, that sounds like it would be pretty! I might have to try looking it up for inspiration.

      Reply
  5. Carla Hundley says

    July 26, 2017 at 2:24 pm

    Love the look the mesh
    gives the butterflies! This
    is so pretty. I’d like to try
    the cork or the cuffs.
    Carla from Utah

    Reply
    • Jessica @ Cutesy Crafts says

      July 28, 2017 at 8:58 am

      Thanks Carla!

      Reply
  6. Barbara Cameron says

    July 26, 2017 at 6:57 pm

    Beautiful. Love your butterflies. I want to try the cuff.

    Reply
    • Jessica @ Cutesy Crafts says

      July 28, 2017 at 8:59 am

      Thanks Barbara! I have a cuff that I’m excited to try out too!

      Reply
  7. Tracie C. says

    July 27, 2017 at 7:02 am

    What a fun project. Your butterflies are so pretty. Thanks for sharing your amazing project.

    Reply
    • Jessica @ Cutesy Crafts says

      July 28, 2017 at 8:59 am

      Thanks Tracie!

      Reply
  8. Caitlyn Salkind says

    July 28, 2017 at 3:47 am

    Beautiful work! I’d love to try the mesh in a mixed-media painting

    Reply
    • Jessica @ Cutesy Crafts says

      July 28, 2017 at 9:00 am

      Thanks Caitlyn! That sounds like it would be really neat! I bought a watercolor set that I’ve been dying to try out. I thought it might be neat to somehow combine watercolor with embroidery.

      Reply
  9. Helen Gullett says

    July 28, 2017 at 4:05 am

    WOW.. that is one beautiful hoop art. LOVE those butterflies. The details are fantastic. Thank you for the tutorial.

    Reply
    • Jessica @ Cutesy Crafts says

      July 28, 2017 at 9:01 am

      Thank you so much Helen! The color shading was a lot of fun to try out on the butterflies.

      Reply
  10. Joanna Q says

    July 30, 2017 at 5:15 am

    Love all the new materials to play with!

    Reply
  11. embroidery stiches says

    September 26, 2017 at 10:12 pm

    so cute.

    Reply
    • Jessica @ Cutesy Crafts says

      September 27, 2017 at 12:02 pm

      Thank you!

      Reply
  12. Kathy says

    January 31, 2018 at 10:34 am

    Can this be done using punch needle embroidery?

    Reply
    • Jessica @ Cutesy Crafts says

      February 1, 2018 at 9:15 pm

      I’ve never done punch needle embroidery, so I’m not sure how it works. Sorry I can’t be more help.

      Reply
  13. Debbie Robertsi says

    May 16, 2018 at 12:41 pm

    Jessica I am very impressed with your blog. You have a way of explaining the crafts you make, which are so beautiful. You also do some very beautiful embroidery.

    Reply
    • Jessica @ Cutesy Crafts says

      May 17, 2018 at 1:27 pm

      Oh, thank you so much Debbie! Embroidery is so fun and relaxing for me, and I love sharing it with others! <3

      Reply

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