Christmas rose crescent spray hand embroidery pattern

Intermediate · 5 colors · 4 kinds of stitch

Christmas rose crescent spray: preview of the stitched design

A white Christmas rose sits in the middle of a crescent: one leafy branch curves up and away from it on each side and ends in a single leaf. The crescent sits under a name, a date or a greeting. The Christmas rose has white sepals (the petal-like parts of the flower) in long and short stitch round a green satin stitch center ringed with gold French knot stamens. The branches are stem stitch and the leaves are satin stitch, each half slanted to the center vein in a darker and a lighter green.

Size and details

Intermediate. Uses long and short stitch.

5 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)	1.7 × 1 in	4.3 × 2.5 cm	1/8 in (3 mm)
4 in (10 cm)	2.6 × 1.4 in	6.6 × 3.6 cm	3/16 in (5 mm)
5 in (13 cm)	3.5 × 1.9 in	8.9 × 4.8 cm	1/4 in (6 mm)
6 in (15 cm)	4.4 × 2.4 in	11.2 × 6.1 cm	1/4 in (6 mm)
8 in (20 cm)	6.1 × 3.4 in	15.5 × 8.6 cm	3/8 in (10 mm)

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 986 Very Dark Forest GreenBranches and darker half of each leaf
DMC 320 Medium Pistachio GreenLighter half of each leaf
DMC B5200 Snow WhiteChristmas rose sepals
DMC 989 Forest GreenChristmas rose center
DMC 3852 Very Dark StrawChristmas rose stamens

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 strandsBranches
Satin stitch 2 strandsLeaves (each half slanted to the center vein, in its own color), Christmas rose center
Long and short stitch 1 or 2 strandsChristmas rose sepals
French knot 2 strands, two wrapsChristmas rose stamens

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.