Garden gate under a rose arch hand embroidery pattern

Intermediate · 4 colors · 4 kinds of stitch

Garden gate under a rose arch: preview of the stitched design

A picket garden gate stands under an arch of climbing roses, the same left and right. Two brown gate posts with round tops hold four tan pickets with pointed tops and two brown rails. A green stem rises from the green ground at each side, and the two meet at the top rose; five pink roses sit along the arch, with green leaves on both sides of each stem. The ground, the gate posts, the pickets and the rails of the gate are satin stitch. The stems of the roses are stem stitch, the leaves are fishbone stitch and the roses are woven wheel stitch.

Size and details

Intermediate. Uses woven wheels.

4 colors of floss and 4 kinds of stitch:

The stitched size and the widest satin stitch, by hoop
Hoop	Inches	Centimeters	Satin stitch up to
3 in (8 cm)	1.5 × 1.3 in	3.8 × 3.3 cm	1/16 in (1.6 mm)
4 in (10 cm)	2.2 × 2 in	5.6 × 5.1 cm	1/8 in (3 mm)
5 in (13 cm)	3 × 2.6 in	7.6 × 6.6 cm	3/16 in (5 mm)
6 in (15 cm)	3.7 × 3.3 in	9.4 × 8.4 cm	3/16 in (5 mm)
8 in (20 cm)	5.2 × 4.6 in	13.2 × 11.7 cm	5/16 in (8 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 320 Medium Pistachio GreenGround, stems of the roses and leaves
DMC 3350 Ultra Dark Dusty RoseRoses
DMC 3781 Dark Mocha BrownGate posts and rails of the gate
DMC 3828 Hazelnut BrownPickets

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 strandsGround, gate posts, pickets, rails of the gate
Stem stitch 2 or 3 strandsStems of the roses
Fishbone stitch 2 strandsLeaves
Woven wheel stitch 2 strandsRoses

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.