Baby booties tied with a bow hand embroidery pattern

Easy · 3 colors · 3 kinds of stitch

Baby booties tied with a bow: preview of the stitched design

A pair of soft baby booties stands toe to toe, tied to one another: each has a turned-down cuff with a scalloped edge and three eyelets, a full round foot with a small heart on its side, and a ribbon that goes round its ankle and runs up to one bow between the two. The booties and their cuffs are stem stitch, the eyelets are French knots and the hearts, the ribbons and the bow are satin stitch.

Size and details

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

3 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)	1.7 × 0.9 in	4.3 × 2.3 cm	1/8 in (3 mm)
4 in (10 cm)	2.5 × 1.4 in	6.4 × 3.6 cm	3/16 in (5 mm)
5 in (13 cm)	3.3 × 1.8 in	8.4 × 4.6 cm	1/4 in (6 mm)
6 in (15 cm)	4.2 × 2.3 in	10.7 × 5.8 cm	5/16 in (8 mm)
8 in (20 cm)	5.8 × 3.2 in	14.7 × 8.1 cm	7/16 in (11 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 BlueBooties, and cuffs and their scalloped edges
DMC 3350 Ultra Dark Dusty RoseHearts, ribbons, bow loops and bow knot
DMC 3852 Very Dark StrawEyelets of the cuffs

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 strandsBooties, cuffs and their scalloped edges
Satin stitch 2 strandsHearts, ribbons, bow loops, bow knot
French knot 2 strands, two wrapsEyelets of the cuffs

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.