Easter egg band sampler hand embroidery pattern

Easy · 5 colors · 5 kinds of stitch

Easter egg band sampler: preview of the stitched design

An Easter egg sampler holds five rows of ornament in an egg, with one daisy above them and one below. The border is purple chain stitch, with the inner border line in stem stitch. The top daisy and the foot daisy have raspberry petals, a gold center and a green leaf on each side. Between them, from the top down: round scallops, raspberry and gold by turns, on a ruled line; raspberry hearts; diamonds, blue and gold by turns; a row of blue daisies with gold centers; purple hanging scallops with spokes, under a ruled line. The leaves are fishbone stitch, the ruled lines stem stitch, the hanging scallops and their spokes buttonhole stitch, and all else inside the border satin stitch.

Size and details

Easy. In a hoop of 6 inches or less: short satin stitches, no shading; in a larger hoop the widest satin stitches are long.

5 colors of floss and 5 kinds of stitch:

The stitched size and the widest satin stitch, by hoop
Hoop	Inches	Centimeters	Satin stitch up to
3 in (8 cm)	1.4 × 1.9 in	3.6 × 4.8 cm	1/8 in (3 mm)
4 in (10 cm)	2.1 × 2.9 in	5.3 × 7.4 cm	3/16 in (5 mm)
5 in (13 cm)	2.8 × 3.8 in	7.1 × 9.7 cm	3/16 in (5 mm)
6 in (15 cm)	3.5 × 4.8 in	8.9 × 12.2 cm	1/4 in (6 mm)
8 in (20 cm)	4.9 × 6.7 in	12.4 × 17 cm	3/8 in (10 mm)

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

What you need

DMC 208 Very Dark LavenderBorder, inner border line, ruled lines, hanging scallops and spokes of the hanging scallops
DMC 320 Medium Pistachio GreenLeaves of the top daisy and leaves of the foot daisy
DMC 3831 Dark RaspberryTop daisy petals, foot daisy petals, raspberry round scallops and hearts
DMC 3852 Very Dark StrawTop daisy center, foot daisy center, gold round scallops, gold diamonds and centers of the row daisies
DMC 322 Dark Baby BlueBlue diamonds and petals of the row daisies

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

Chain stitch 2 or 3 strandsBorder
Stem stitch 2 or 3 strandsInner border line, ruled lines
Fishbone stitch 2 strandsLeaves of the top daisy, leaves of the foot daisy
Satin stitch 2 strandsTop daisy petals, top daisy center, foot daisy petals, foot daisy center, round scallops, hearts, diamonds, petals of the row daisies, centers of the row daisies
Buttonhole stitch 2 strandsHanging scallops, spokes of the hanging scallops

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.