Station wagon with luggage hand embroidery pattern

Easy · 4 colors · 6 kinds of stitch

Station wagon with luggage: preview of the stitched design

A family station wagon seen from the side, with three windows, two doors and round wheels, carries a suitcase, a small trunk and a bedroll on its roof rack. The body, the wheels and the luggage are stem stitch, the windows, doors, hubcaps and straps are back stitch, the door handles and lights are satin stitch, and the hub middles and the clasp are French knots. The road under the car is a line of running stitch.

Size and details

Easy. Line stitches and French knots, with a little satin stitch.

4 colors of floss and 6 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 × 1.1 in	4.6 × 2.8 cm	1/16 in (1.6 mm)
4 in (10 cm)	2.7 × 1.7 in	6.9 × 4.3 cm	1/8 in (3 mm)
5 in (13 cm)	3.7 × 2.2 in	9.4 × 5.6 cm	1/8 in (3 mm)
6 in (15 cm)	4.6 × 2.8 in	11.7 × 7.1 cm	3/16 in (5 mm)
8 in (20 cm)	6.4 × 3.9 in	16.3 × 9.9 cm	1/4 in (6 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 304 Medium RedCar body, door lines and tail light
DMC 414 Dark Steel GrayWindows, shine on the glass, door handles, bumpers, tires, hubcaps, hub middles, roof rack and road
DMC 3852 Very Dark StrawHeadlight, straps and clasp of the trunk
DMC 3781 Dark Mocha BrownSuitcase, small trunk, lid of the trunk, bedroll and end of the bedroll

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 strandsCar body, bumpers, tires, roof rack, suitcase, small trunk, bedroll
Back stitch 2 strandsWindows, door lines, hubcaps, lid of the trunk, end of the bedroll, straps
Straight stitch 2 strandsShine on the glass
Satin stitch 2 strandsDoor handles, headlight, tail light
French knot 2 strands, two wrapsHub middles, clasp of the trunk
Running stitch 3 strandsRoad

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.