Art deco quarter fan corner hand embroidery pattern

Intermediate · 3 colors · 2 kinds of stitch

Art deco quarter fan corner: preview of the stitched design

An art deco quarter fan fills a corner. A navy bar along the edges has two arms that are alike and meet at the corner, where the teal center of the fan sits. Around the center lie a gold inner band, a teal middle band and a gold outer band, with a navy arc inside each band and a fourth outside the outer band. Seven pointed blades stand on the outermost arc, four short teal blades and three long gold blades by turns. Two navy lines along the edges turn the corner outside the bar. The blades, the bands, the center of the fan and the bar are satin stitch; the arcs and the lines are stem stitch.

Size and details

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

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)	1.3 × 1.3 in	3.3 × 3.3 cm	1/8 in (3 mm)
4 in (10 cm)	2 × 2 in	5.1 × 5.1 cm	1/4 in (6 mm)
5 in (13 cm)	2.7 × 2.7 in	6.9 × 6.9 cm	5/16 in (8 mm)
6 in (15 cm)	3.4 × 3.4 in	8.6 × 8.6 cm	3/8 in (10 mm)
8 in (20 cm)	4.7 × 4.7 in	11.9 × 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 3809 Very Dark TurquoiseShort blades, middle band and center of the fan
DMC 3852 Very Dark StrawLong blades, inner band and outer band
DMC 336 Navy BlueArcs, bar along the edges and lines along the edges

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 strandsShort blades, long blades, inner band, middle band, outer band, center of the fan, bar along the edges
Stem stitch 2 or 3 strandsArcs, lines along the edges

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.