Baby footprints in a heart hand embroidery pattern

Easy · 3 colors · 2 kinds of stitch

Baby footprints in a heart: preview of the stitched design

A pair of baby footprints sits inside a heart: the two feet stand heels together with their toes turned out, each a sole with a small heart on it and five toes in a row above it. The heart round them has a ribbon bow tied in its cleft, the two ends of the bow hanging inside, and a frill of thirty-eight scallops all the way round. The heart, its frill and the soles are stem stitch and the toes, the small hearts and the ribbon of the bow are satin stitch.

Size and details

Easy. In a hoop of 6 inches or less: stem stitch, with some short satin stitches; in a larger hoop the widest satin stitches are long.

3 colors of floss and 2 kinds of stitch:

The stitched size and the widest satin stitch, by hoop
Hoop	Inches	Centimeters	Satin stitch up to
3 in (8 cm)	1.7 × 1.7 in	4.3 × 4.3 cm	1/8 in (3 mm)
4 in (10 cm)	2.6 × 2.5 in	6.6 × 6.4 cm	3/16 in (5 mm)
5 in (13 cm)	3.5 × 3.4 in	8.9 × 8.6 cm	1/4 in (6 mm)
6 in (15 cm)	4.3 × 4.2 in	10.9 × 10.7 cm	5/16 in (8 mm)
8 in (20 cm)	6.1 × 5.9 in	15.5 × 15 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 3755 Baby BlueFrill of the heart
DMC 336 Navy BlueHeart and soles of the two feet
DMC 3350 Ultra Dark Dusty RoseToes, hearts on the soles, bow tails, bow loops and bow knot

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 strandsFrill of the heart, heart, soles of the two feet
Satin stitch 2 strandsToes, hearts on the soles, bow tails, bow loops, bow knot

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.