Turquoise feather fields cross red poppy petals as the bee eater flies between the blooms. This PDF embroidery pattern includes a drooping bud and full tail streamers, with the two wing fans held at different angles.
Placing the full design
Artwork canvas: 300 x 232 mm, landscape, including the open background areas. Print the separate A3 transfer at Actual Size / 100% and check the 50 mm control bar. Guide previews are reduced. These are canvas dimensions, not a finished hoop, cushion or bag size. The Stitch Guide itself uses US Letter pages.
Feathers, contours and small details
The guide maps 12 working regions with local stitch direction, strand count and DMC colour recipes. Use the region key and recommended sequence to follow the overlaps and changes in shading. Mapped techniques include split and broken stem, curved long-and-short, tiny satin, straight and split.
Bird and setting
Bee Eater Crossing the Poppy Wind brings a wide colour range into a landscape composition. Keep the flying silhouette complete, then shape each poppy from its folded seams toward the petal edges for a clear contrast with the feathers.
Are both poppy flowers the same size?
The lower flower is larger, with a smaller bloom toward the upper right. Their different placements sit around the bird's flight rather than forming a repeated floral strip.
PDFs and supporting files
- 16-page design-specific Stitch Guide PDF with region key, DMC palette and recommended sequence
- Full-size A3 transfer PDF and matching SVG
- White and transparent 600 dpi linework PNGs
- Colour reference JPG and thread-and-region recipe CSV
- Hand Embroidery Stitch Sampler, Essential Needlework Handbook PDF
- READ_ME instructions
Materials to prepare
Suggested fabric: dark teal linen. The palette proposes 21 DMC shades for stranded cotton. Supply your own needles, hoop or frame and a transfer method suitable for the cloth. Test the transfer and physical thread colours on a small swatch first.
Download format and licence
Digital files only. No fabric, thread, tools or finished embroidery is supplied. Colour references and lifestyle mockups show design and presentation ideas. For personal, non-commercial use. Do not share, redistribute or resell the digital files.
