Garden gazebo with potted tulips hand embroidery pattern

Intermediate · 5 colors · 2 kinds of stitch

Garden gazebo with potted tulips: preview of the stitched design

A garden gazebo is seen from the front, the same left and right, with a potted tulip at each side. The roof has two tiers, a teal lower roof and a smaller blue upper roof, each sweeping out to a point at the eaves, with the white drum of the roof between them and a pink ball on the roof at the top. Under the roof the posts, arches, panels and rails and the floor are all white. Each pink flower pot has a pink rim and holds a pink tulip on a green stem between two green leaves, and a green ground runs under everything. The stems are stem stitch and all the rest is satin stitch.

Size and details

Intermediate. Long satin stitches from a 5 inch hoop up.

5 colors of floss and 2 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 × 1.1 in	4.3 × 2.8 cm	3/16 in (5 mm)
4 in (10 cm)	2.5 × 1.6 in	6.4 × 4.1 cm	1/4 in (6 mm)
5 in (13 cm)	3.4 × 2.2 in	8.6 × 5.6 cm	3/8 in (10 mm)
6 in (15 cm)	4.2 × 2.7 in	10.7 × 6.9 cm	7/16 in (11 mm)
8 in (20 cm)	5.9 × 3.8 in	15 × 9.7 cm	5/8 in (16 mm)

In an 8 inch hoop the widest satin stitch shape is 5/8 in (16 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 B5200 Snow WhitePanels and rails, arches, posts, drum of the roof, and floor
DMC 3809 Very Dark TurquoiseLower roof
DMC 3755 Baby BlueUpper roof
DMC 3350 Ultra Dark Dusty RoseBall on the roof, tulips, flower pots and rims of the pots
DMC 320 Medium Pistachio GreenLeaves, stems and ground

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 strandsPanels and rails, arches, posts, drum of the roof, lower roof, upper roof, ball on the roof, floor, leaves, tulips, flower pots, rims of the pots, ground
Stem stitch 2 or 3 strandsStems

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.