Hearts and flowers folk trim hand embroidery pattern

Easy · 3 colors · 4 kinds of stitch

Hearts and flowers folk trim: preview of the stitched design

A band of folk trim has three hearts in a row, each with a small solid heart inside it and two leaves at its point, a little five-petal flower with two leaves between each pair, and a line of rickrack above and below. The hearts, the stems and the rickrack are stem stitch, the small hearts and the leaves on the flower stems are satin stitch, the flower petals and the leaves under the hearts are lazy daisy stitches and the flower middles are French knots.

Size and details

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

3 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)	1.8 × 0.8 in	4.6 × 2 cm	1/8 in (3 mm)
4 in (10 cm)	2.7 × 1.1 in	6.9 × 2.8 cm	3/16 in (5 mm)
5 in (13 cm)	3.5 × 1.5 in	8.9 × 3.8 cm	3/16 in (5 mm)
6 in (15 cm)	4.4 × 1.9 in	11.2 × 4.8 cm	1/4 in (6 mm)
8 in (20 cm)	6.2 × 2.6 in	15.7 × 6.6 cm	3/8 in (10 mm)

In a 3 inch hoop the French knots are drawn smaller than about 2 mm (a little over 1/16 in). Use one strand of floss for them there, or choose a larger hoop.

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

What you need

DMC 336 Navy BlueRickrack and flower petals
DMC 304 Medium RedHearts, small hearts and flower middles
DMC 986 Very Dark Forest GreenLeaves under the hearts, flower stems and stem leaves

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 strandsRickrack, hearts, flower stems
Satin stitch 2 strandsSmall hearts, stem leaves
Lazy daisy stitch 2 strandsLeaves under the hearts, flower petals
French knot 2 strands, two wrapsFlower middles

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.