Soup tureen with a daisy hand embroidery pattern

Easy · 4 colors · 3 kinds of stitch

Soup tureen with a daisy: preview of the stitched design

A soup tureen is seen from the front. The tureen, a round bowl that narrows to its foot under a domed lid, is outlined in navy stem stitch, with two navy lines across the bowl. Between the lines lies a pink daisy with eight petals and a gold center, and a green spray stalk with five leaves curves away from it at each side. Three green leaves fan out on the lid under the knob. The handles, the rim, the foot, the knob of the lid, its neck and its collar are gold satin stitch; the daisy petals and the daisy center are satin stitch too. The leaves are fishbone stitch and the spray stalks stem stitch.

Size and details

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

4 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)	1.8 × 1.4 in	4.6 × 3.6 cm	1/8 in (3 mm)
4 in (10 cm)	2.6 × 2 in	6.6 × 5.1 cm	3/16 in (5 mm)
5 in (13 cm)	3.5 × 2.7 in	8.9 × 6.9 cm	1/4 in (6 mm)
6 in (15 cm)	4.4 × 3.4 in	11.2 × 8.6 cm	5/16 in (8 mm)
8 in (20 cm)	6.2 × 4.7 in	15.7 × 11.9 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 3852 Very Dark StrawHandles, daisy center, neck of the knob, knob of the lid, collar of the knob, rim and foot
DMC 336 Navy BlueTureen
DMC 320 Medium Pistachio GreenSpray stalks, leaves and leaves on the lid
DMC 3350 Ultra Dark Dusty RoseDaisy petals

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

Satin stitch 2 strandsHandles, daisy petals, daisy center, neck of the knob, knob of the lid, collar of the knob, rim, foot
Stem stitch 2 or 3 strandsTureen, spray stalks
Fishbone stitch 2 strandsLeaves, leaves on the lid

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.