Baby bib with a daisy hand embroidery pattern

Intermediate · 4 colors · 4 kinds of stitch

Baby bib with a daisy: preview of the stitched design

A baby bib is seen from the front: a round neck with a binding, tied at the top with a ribbon bow whose two ends hang into the neck, a frill of thirty scallops round the whole edge, and in the middle a daisy of eight petals between two curving sprigs of paired leaves. The outline is stem stitch, the frill and the neck binding are back stitch, the petals and the center of the daisy and the ribbon of the bow are satin stitch and the leaves are fishbone stitch on stem stitch stalks.

Size and details

Intermediate. Long satin stitches from a 6 inch hoop up.

4 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)	1.3 × 1.6 in	3.3 × 4.1 cm	1/8 in (3 mm)
4 in (10 cm)	2 × 2.4 in	5.1 × 6.1 cm	3/16 in (5 mm)
5 in (13 cm)	2.7 × 3.2 in	6.9 × 8.1 cm	5/16 in (8 mm)
6 in (15 cm)	3.3 × 4.1 in	8.4 × 10.4 cm	3/8 in (10 mm)
8 in (20 cm)	4.7 × 5.7 in	11.9 × 14.5 cm	1/2 in (13 mm)

In an 8 inch hoop the widest satin stitch shape is 1/2 in (13 mm) 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.

The pattern is drawn inside a circle about half an inch (1.3 cm) smaller all around than the hoop.

What you need

DMC 3809 Very Dark TurquoiseFrill, bib outline, neck opening and neck binding
DMC 320 Medium Pistachio GreenSprig stalks and leaves
DMC 3350 Ultra Dark Dusty RoseDaisy petals, bow tails, bow loops and bow knot
DMC 3852 Very Dark StrawDaisy center

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

Back stitch 2 strandsFrill, neck binding
Stem stitch 2 or 3 strandsBib outline, neck opening, sprig stalks
Fishbone stitch 2 strandsLeaves
Satin stitch 2 strandsDaisy petals, daisy center, bow tails, bow loops, bow knot

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.