Bear face in a leaf ring hand embroidery pattern

Easy · 4 colors · 3 kinds of stitch

Bear face in a leaf ring: preview of the stitched design

A bear’s face is seen from the front inside a ring of leaves and berries. The head outline, the outlines of the two ears and the oval muzzle are brown stem stitch, and the eyes are shut: two bowed lines of brown stem stitch. The nose is brown satin stitch at the top of the muzzle, with the mouth in stem stitch under it, and the insides of the ears are tan satin stitch. The ring is fourteen green fishbone stitch leaves with a rust satin stitch berry between every two.

Size and details

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

4 colors of floss and 3 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 × 1.8 in	4.6 × 4.6 cm	1/8 in (3 mm)
4 in (10 cm)	2.7 × 2.7 in	6.9 × 6.9 cm	3/16 in (5 mm)
5 in (13 cm)	3.6 × 3.6 in	9.1 × 9.1 cm	3/16 in (5 mm)
6 in (15 cm)	4.6 × 4.5 in	11.7 × 11.4 cm	1/4 in (6 mm)
8 in (20 cm)	6.4 × 6.2 in	16.3 × 15.7 cm	3/8 in (10 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 320 Medium Pistachio GreenLeaves
DMC 355 Dark Terra CottaBerries
DMC 3781 Dark Mocha BrownOutlines of the ears, head outline, muzzle, nose, mouth and eyes
DMC 3828 Hazelnut BrownInsides of the ears

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

Fishbone stitch 2 strandsLeaves
Satin stitch 2 strandsBerries, insides of the ears, nose
Stem stitch 2 or 3 strandsOutlines of the ears, head outline, muzzle, mouth, eyes

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.