Heart wearing a crown hand embroidery pattern

Intermediate · 5 colors · 3 kinds of stitch

Heart wearing a crown: preview of the stitched design

A heart wears a crown, which sits in the dip between the two round shoulders of the heart: the heart is four lines of chain stitch one inside another, with a row of pearls between the second and the third, round a small solid heart of satin stitch. The crown has a jeweled band, three pointed spires with a round stone and a ball on each and its velvet cushion rising behind them, all in satin stitch, and the pearls are French knots.

Size and details

Intermediate. Long satin stitches from a 6 inch hoop up.

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)	1.3 × 1.6 in	3.3 × 4.1 cm	1/8 in (3 mm)
4 in (10 cm)	2 × 2.4 in	5.1 × 6.1 cm	3/16 in (5 mm)
5 in (13 cm)	2.6 × 3.2 in	6.6 × 8.1 cm	5/16 in (8 mm)
6 in (15 cm)	3.3 × 4 in	8.4 × 10.2 cm	3/8 in (10 mm)
8 in (20 cm)	4.6 × 5.6 in	11.7 × 14.2 cm	1/2 in (13 mm)

In an 8 inch hoop the widest satin stitch shape is 1/2 in (13 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.
In a 3 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 304 Medium RedRed heart, middle of the heart and cushion of the crown
DMC 3350 Ultra Dark Dusty RosePink heart
DMC 3852 Very Dark StrawPearls of the heart, points of the crown, band of the crown and balls on the points
DMC 3809 Very Dark TurquoiseStones of the points and stone of the band
DMC B5200 Snow WhitePearls of the 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

Chain stitch 2 or 3 strandsHeart
French knot 2 strands, two wrapsPearls of the heart, pearls of the band
Satin stitch 2 strandsMiddle of the heart, cushion of the crown, points of the crown, stones of the points, band of the crown, stone of the band, balls on the points

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.