Coneflower coaster hand embroidery pattern

Advanced · 6 colors · 4 kinds of stitch

Coneflower coaster: preview of the stitched design

A round design for a coaster shows one coneflower seen face on inside a scalloped edge. Twelve dark pink front rays with rounded ends lie over twelve longer light pink back rays that show between them; both sets are long and short stitch. The cone is rust long and short stitch, with an orange cone top in satin stitch at its center. Gold French knots stud the cone in two rings about one knot in the middle. Round the flower runs a ring of twelve orange French knots, one inside each of the twelve scallops of the edge, which is green stem stitch.

Size and details

Advanced. Uses long and short stitch over much of the design; from a 5 inch hoop up the widest satin stitches are long.

6 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 × 1.8 in	4.6 × 4.6 cm	3/16 in (5 mm)
4 in (10 cm)	2.6 × 2.6 in	6.6 × 6.6 cm	5/16 in (8 mm)
5 in (13 cm)	3.5 × 3.5 in	8.9 × 8.9 cm	7/16 in (11 mm)
6 in (15 cm)	4.4 × 4.4 in	11.2 × 11.2 cm	9/16 in (14 mm)
8 in (20 cm)	6.1 × 6.1 in	15.5 × 15.5 cm	3/4 in (19 mm)

In a 6 or 8 inch hoop the widest satin stitch shape is 1/2 in (13 mm) or more across. Satin stitches longer than about 12 mm (just under 1/2 in) tend to work loose: divide the shape into sections, or work it in long and short stitch.
In a 3 or 4 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 152 Medium Light Shell PinkConeflower back rays
DMC 3350 Ultra Dark Dusty RoseConeflower front rays
DMC 355 Dark Terra CottaConeflower cone
DMC 922 Light CopperConeflower cone top and ring of knots
DMC 3852 Very Dark StrawConeflower cone knots
DMC 986 Very Dark Forest GreenScalloped edge

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

Long and short stitch 1 or 2 strandsConeflower back rays, coneflower front rays, coneflower cone
Satin stitch 2 strandsConeflower cone top
French knot 2 strands, two wrapsConeflower cone knots, ring of knots
Stem stitch 2 or 3 strandsScalloped edge

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.