14 Sunflower Embroidery Patterns

Sunflowers reach up to face the sun, and if that's not enough to make you smile, these sunflower embroidery patterns will. From small and simple motifs to detailed designs that look like paintings, you'll find new and unusual ways to use stitches and color to create a wide variety of sunny blooms with these patterns and ideas.

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Embroider an Autumn Sunflower

Love Embroidery / Immediate Media

Love Embroidery magazine offers this free sunflower pattern designed by Maggie Schnücker, as well as step-by-step photos to walk you through stitching the motif. Along with the stunning flower, which really pops on the dark fabric background, this design includes an array of autumnal foliage surrounding the featured bloom.

Sunflower Embroidery Pattern from Love Embroidery/Gathered
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Celebrate and Stitch the State of Kansas

Wandering Threads Embroidery

Sunflowers are the state flower of Kansas, as this pattern by Wandering Threads celebrates! The field of flowers fills the outline of Kansas, but with just a bit of border alteration, you could stitch this design even if it's not your home state.

Kansas Hand Embroidery Pattern, $6, Wandering Threads Embroidery
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Use Textured Stitches for Sunny Flowers

DMC

Known for their embroidery floss, DMC has now also become an amazing resource for free embroidery patterns. This Sunflower Time pattern uses perle cotton threads and a blend of unique stitches to create the blooms. You can create something spectacular while learning something new!

Sunflower Time Pattern from DMC
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Practice Your Stitching on a Sunflower Sampler

Beth Colletti

For a modern Scandinavian take on sunflowers, look no further than this bold pattern. Each flower uses a different stitch to create the petals and seeds, so it also works as an embroidery sampler.

Sunflower Stitch Sampler Pattern, $8, Beth Colletti

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Stitch a Jar of Fresh Sunflowers

A Lively Hope

What could be more charming than a mason jar full of freshly cut sunflowers? Stitch this free pattern from Heidi of A Lively Hope and bring that charm to your home ... without wilting! It's small and easy for stitchers of all levels to try.

Sunflower Embroidery Pattern from A Lively Hope
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Create a Wreath of Summer Sunflowers

Pixels and Purls

Create a gorgeous summer wreath of stitches with this sunflower pattern from Pixels and Purls. You could even change up the colors to make it work for other seasons. If you want to get started right away, choose the instant download PDF, but if you want to have everything you need in one place, there's also the option to order a complete kit.

Sunflower Wreath PDF Pattern, $5, Pixels and Purls
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Get Attracted to Sunflowers With Embroidery Magnets

Cutesy Crafts

Stitch a cute and tiny sunflower and then make it into a magnet for your refrigerator or memo board. Jessica from Cutesy Crafts shows you how and offers her free pattern to make other flowers for magnets, as well.

DIY Magnets With Embroidery from Cutesy Crafts
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Get Up Close With Sunny Satin Stitches

Illumine Creative

Zoom in on the beauty of sunflowers when you stitch this hoop-filling pattern and its companion design with a single sunflower. This is a perfect way to show off your satin stitching! It's also nice to see that you don't have to stick to only yellow when making any of these sunflower designs.

Sunflower Pattern Bundle, $8, Illumine Creative

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Learn Five Ways to Stitch Sunflowers

Sarah Homfray

Learn to embroider sunflowers five different ways with this video tutorial by Sarah Homfray. She shows you how to stitch petals with straight stitch, detached chain, ribbon stitch, turkey work, and woven picots. Just imagine all the flowers you can start stitching!

5 Ways to Stitch Sunflowers from Sarah Homfray
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Embroider a Summer Sunflower Bouquet

Embroidery Art by Nat

Embroider a beautiful bouquet with a sunflower at the center: This delightful pattern has summer vibes to energize you as you stitch the many styles of flowers and berries. You'll get plenty of practice on your satin stitch and french knots, too.

Sunflower Bouquet Pattern, $8, Embroidery Art by Nat
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Paint a Sunflower With Needle and Thread

Just Sew Helen

Want to up your stitching game and give thread painting a try? This gorgeous sunflower from Just Sew Helen uses a blend of colors and single strands to create the look of realistic petals and a very fuzzy bee.

Sunflower Hand Embroidery Pattern, $6, Just Sew Helen
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Celebrate Color With Sunflower Embroidery

Mollie Johanson

Get ready for autumn with this free pattern featuring sunflowers, mums, and wheat. Designed by Mollie Johanson of Wild Olive (and contributor to The Spruce Crafts), it's part of a collection of colorful fall embroidery patterns, and links to a page of suggested color palettes.

Fall Embroidery Patterns from Wild Olive

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Show Your Love for Stitched Sunflowers

Super Creative Embroidery

If you love sunflowers, this is the embroidery pattern for you! Super Creative Embroidery shows you how to stitch the design from start to finish in their YouTube tutorial, which includes a link in the description for the free pattern. They also have more sunflower embroidery videos on their channel, so be sure to check those out too!

Sunflower Embroidery Tutorial from Super Creative Embroidery
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Stitch a Sunflower in Black and White

Becky's Embroidery Shop

Embrace the shape and details of sunflowers in black and white with this simple embroidery pattern. Stitching only the outline lets you work quickly, but it also makes a striking design. Of course, you can also embroider this in full color, filling in all of the areas as you like.

Sunflower Floral Wreath, $4, Becky's Embroidery Shop

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