How To Embroider A Butterfly (Easy and Colorful!)

In this post, you’ll learn how to embroider a butterfly. This butterfly was part of a tutorial I made all about how to embroider on the back pocket of your jeans, so definitely check that out if you’re interested! You only need to know a few embroidery stitches and gather a few thread colors for this design. Regardless, it’s super cute and colorful!

How To Embroider A Butterfly

Supplies Needed

• Embroidery Floss – I recommend using a brand that is colorfast such as DMC
• Embroidery Hoop
• Embroidery Needle
• Stick n stitch or a fabric marker to transfer the design

Take a look at this embroidery supply list if you need to order supplies

Embroidering the Wings

First, split stitch the outline of the wings and the veins in each wing with 2 strands of black. This will make the edges neater when you go to fill in each wing.

Then make long and short stitches to fill in the black areas of the wing. These stitches should run the length of each wing. Be sure to stitch over top of the split stitches you made.

Repeat on both sides of the wings.

Begin making long and short stitches and fill in half of each area of the wing using 2 strands of orange as pictured. These stitches should go in the same direction as the black stitches.

Fill in the rest of the wing with long and short stitches using 2 strands of yellow. Be sure to overlap these stitches into the orange stitches in order to blend the two colors together.

Repeat on both sides.

Final Details and Body

Add a few straight stitches using 2 strands of white along the edges of the wings.

Split stitch down the center using 2 strands of dark grey.

And you’re done!

If you enjoyed this tutorial, check out even more mini embroidery design tutorials here.

Butterfly Embroidery Designs

You may also like some of these butterfly embroidery patterns that come with a larger design and more in depth instructions.

More Tutorials

You may also like this tutorial to embroider a bee or this ladybug embroidery tutorial.