Leaf and stepped fan wheel hand embroidery pattern

Intermediate · 3 colors · 2 kinds of stitch

Leaf and stepped fan wheel: preview of the stitched design

An art deco wheel of four leaves and four stepped fans sits inside a navy ring. The teal leaves stand on the rim of the center and point up, down, left and right, each worked as two halves that meet on its middle line. Between every two leaves lies a gold stepped fan: four arcs, one outside another, growing longer toward the ring. The center and the rim of the center are navy. The ring and the rim of the center are stem stitch; the leaves, the stepped fans and the center are satin stitch.

Size and details

Intermediate. Satin stitch over about a quarter of the cloth in a 6 inch hoop; from a 5 inch hoop up some of the satin stitches are long.

3 colors of floss and 2 kinds of stitch:

The stitched size and the widest satin stitch, by hoop
Hoop	Inches	Centimeters	Satin stitch up to
3 in (8 cm)	1.9 × 1.9 in	4.8 × 4.8 cm	3/16 in (5 mm)
4 in (10 cm)	2.9 × 2.9 in	7.4 × 7.4 cm	1/4 in (6 mm)
5 in (13 cm)	3.9 × 3.9 in	9.9 × 9.9 cm	3/8 in (10 mm)
6 in (15 cm)	4.8 × 4.8 in	12.2 × 12.2 cm	7/16 in (11 mm)
8 in (20 cm)	6.8 × 6.8 in	17.3 × 17.3 cm	5/8 in (16 mm)

In an 8 inch hoop the widest satin stitch shape is 5/8 in (16 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 336 Navy BlueRing, center and rim of the center
DMC 3809 Very Dark TurquoiseLeaves
DMC 3852 Very Dark StrawStepped fans

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 strandsRing, rim of the center
Satin stitch 2 strandsLeaves, stepped fans, center

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.