Anemone vine heart hand embroidery pattern

Intermediate · 5 colors · 4 kinds of stitch

Anemone vine heart: preview of the stitched design

A heart is made of two leafy branches: they rise from an anemone at the point, swell out, round over the lobes and end in a small bare curl each side of the cleft, with pairs of leaves as far as the curl. The branches are stem stitch and the leaves are satin stitch in a dark and a light green; the anemone has three white petals in long and short stitch over three pale blue-gray ones behind them, round a navy satin stitch center with short straight stitches fanning out from it for stamens. The middle is left open for a name, a date or a pair of initials.

Size and details

Intermediate. Uses long and short stitch.

5 colors of floss and 4 kinds of stitch:

The stitched size and the widest satin stitch, by hoop
Hoop	Inches	Centimeters	Satin stitch up to
3 in (8 cm)	1.6 × 1.7 in	4.1 × 4.3 cm	1/8 in (3 mm)
4 in (10 cm)	2.4 × 2.6 in	6.1 × 6.6 cm	3/16 in (5 mm)
5 in (13 cm)	3.3 × 3.4 in	8.4 × 8.6 cm	1/4 in (6 mm)
6 in (15 cm)	4.1 × 4.3 in	10.4 × 10.9 cm	5/16 in (8 mm)
8 in (20 cm)	5.7 × 6 in	14.5 × 15.2 cm	7/16 in (11 mm)

The pattern is drawn inside a circle about half an inch (1.3 cm) smaller all around than the hoop.

What you need

DMC 986 Very Dark Forest GreenBranches and darker half of each leaf
DMC 320 Medium Pistachio GreenLighter half of each leaf
DMC 3752 Very Light Antique BlueAnemone back petals
DMC B5200 Snow WhiteAnemone petals
DMC 336 Navy BlueAnemone center and anemone stamens

The floss is six-strand cotton; the stitch guide says how many strands to use. You also need a hoop, an embroidery needle (a size 7 to 9 suits two or three strands) and plain cotton or linen fabric. To frame the piece in its hoop, cut a square 3 inches (8 cm) wider than the hoop: a 9 inch (23 cm) square for a 6 inch hoop.

Stitch guide

Stem stitch 2 or 3 strandsBranches
Satin stitch 2 strandsLeaves (each half slanted to the center vein, in its own color), anemone center
Long and short stitch 1 or 2 strandsAnemone back petals, anemone petals
Straight stitch 2 strandsAnemone stamens

Getting it onto your fabric

The PDF holds the pattern twice at actual size: once as drawn, and once mirrored for an iron-on transfer pen. Print it at 100% with scaling off and check the one-inch square (25.4 mm) with a ruler before you trace. How to transfer a pattern explains tracing, carbon paper and the other ways. The files are under Downloads.