Flower filled crown hand embroidery pattern

Easy · 6 colors · 4 kinds of stitch

Flower filled crown: preview of the stitched design

A crown of three points stands on a band, the middle point taller than the two at the sides. The crown outline and the band are gold stem stitch, so the crown is only a line on the cloth, and a garnet French knot makes the ball on each point. The middle point holds the large garnet flower of eight petals with eight green leaves around it; each side point holds a purple flower of six petals with six leaves around it. Five small blue flowers stand in a row along the band. Every petal is one lazy daisy stitch around a yellow French knot center, and the leaves are fishbone stitch.

Size and details

Easy. Simple stitches in six colors.

6 colors of floss and 4 kinds of stitch:

The stitched size, by hoop
Hoop	Inches	Centimeters
3 in (8 cm)	1.6 × 1.2 in	4.1 × 3 cm
4 in (10 cm)	2.5 × 1.9 in	6.4 × 4.8 cm
5 in (13 cm)	3.3 × 2.5 in	8.4 × 6.4 cm
6 in (15 cm)	4.1 × 3.1 in	10.4 × 7.9 cm
8 in (20 cm)	5.7 × 4.3 in	14.5 × 10.9 cm

In a 3 or 4 inch hoop the French knots are drawn smaller than about 2 mm (a little over 1/16 in). Use one strand of floss for them there, or choose a larger hoop.

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

What you need

DMC 320 Medium Pistachio GreenLeaves round the large flower and leaves round the purple flowers
DMC 815 Medium GarnetLarge flower petals and balls on the points
DMC 208 Very Dark LavenderPurple flower petals
DMC 322 Dark Baby BlueSmall blue flower petals
DMC 726 Light TopazLarge flower center, purple flower centers and small blue flower centers
DMC 3852 Very Dark StrawCrown outline and band

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

Fishbone stitch 2 strandsLeaves round the large flower, leaves round the purple flowers
Lazy daisy stitch 2 strandsLarge flower petals, purple flower petals, small blue flower petals
French knot 2 strands, two wrapsLarge flower center, purple flower centers, small blue flower centers, balls on the points
Stem stitch 2 or 3 strandsCrown outline, band

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.