Flower garden rosette hand embroidery pattern

Intermediate · 5 colors · 3 kinds of stitch

Flower garden rosette: preview of the stitched design

A flower garden quilt, the patchwork pattern of hexagon flowers with a path of plain hexagons between them, is drawn as seven flowers and their path. Each flower is six hexagon petals round a bare middle hexagon that holds a gold French knot; the middle flower is deep rose and the six round it are pale pink. Petals and green path are satin stitch, and every hexagon is seamed in stem stitch.

Size and details

Intermediate. Satin stitch over about a third of the cloth in a 6 inch hoop and a great deal of stitching; from a 6 inch hoop up some of the satin stitches are long.

5 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)	1.7 × 1.9 in	4.3 × 4.8 cm	3/16 in (5 mm)
4 in (10 cm)	2.5 × 2.8 in	6.4 × 7.1 cm	1/4 in (6 mm)
5 in (13 cm)	3.4 × 3.8 in	8.6 × 9.7 cm	5/16 in (8 mm)
6 in (15 cm)	4.2 × 4.7 in	10.7 × 11.9 cm	7/16 in (11 mm)
8 in (20 cm)	5.9 × 6.6 in	15 × 16.8 cm	9/16 in (14 mm)

In an 8 inch hoop the widest satin stitch shape is 9/16 in (14 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 3350 Ultra Dark Dusty RosePetals of the middle flower
DMC 3779 Very Light RosewoodPetals of the six flowers round it
DMC 989 Forest GreenPath
DMC 986 Very Dark Forest GreenSeams
DMC 3852 Very Dark StrawMiddles of the flowers

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 strandsPetals of the middle flower, petals of the six flowers round it, path
Stem stitch 2 or 3 strandsSeams
French knot 2 strands, two wrapsMiddles of the flowers

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.