Flowering tree hand embroidery pattern

Easy · 4 colors · 5 kinds of stitch

Flowering tree: preview of the stitched design

A slender young tree with a bend in its trunk forks into three limbs that carry small five-petal blossoms along the twigs and at their tips, and loose petals drift away, most of them to one side, and settle on the grass. The trunk and limbs are stem stitch, the twigs are back stitch, every petal is one lazy daisy stitch round a French knot, the buds are French knots and the grass is straight stitches.

Size and details

Easy. Simple stitches in four colors.

4 colors of floss and 5 kinds of stitch:

The stitched size, by hoop
Hoop	Inches	Centimeters
3 in (8 cm)	1.8 × 1.7 in	4.6 × 4.3 cm
4 in (10 cm)	2.7 × 2.6 in	6.9 × 6.6 cm
5 in (13 cm)	3.6 × 3.4 in	9.1 × 8.6 cm
6 in (15 cm)	4.4 × 4.3 in	11.2 × 10.9 cm
8 in (20 cm)	6.2 × 6 in	15.7 × 15.2 cm

In a 3 inch hoop the French knots and the shortest lazy daisy loops 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 3781 Dark Mocha BrownTrunk and limbs, twigs, and bark lines
DMC 3350 Ultra Dark Dusty RoseBlossom petals, loose petals and buds
DMC 3852 Very Dark StrawBlossom middles
DMC 320 Medium Pistachio GreenGround and grass

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 strandsTrunk and limbs
Back stitch 2 strandsTwigs, bark lines, ground
Lazy daisy stitch 2 strandsBlossom petals, loose petals
French knot 2 strands, two wrapsBlossom middles, buds
Straight stitch 2 strandsGrass

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.