Jacobean rose with five petals hand embroidery pattern

Advanced · 5 colors · 7 kinds of stitch

Jacobean rose with five petals: preview of the stitched design

A rose is seen face on, drawn in the Jacobean manner, with each petal parted into bands that have a filling of their own. Five petals sit round the center, with a sepal between each two. The petals are light pink long and short stitch inside a dark pink stem stitch outline; each has a dark pink satin stitch tongue running out from the center and a dark pink turned-over edge of buttonhole stitch along its outer end. The center is a gold trellis in trellis stitch with dark pink French knots, inside a dark pink stem stitch outline. Each sepal is fishbone stitch, half dark green and half light green, inside a dark green stem stitch outline.

Size and details

Advanced. Uses long and short stitch over much of the design, trellis stitch and a great deal of stitching.

5 colors of floss and 7 kinds of stitch:

The stitched size and the widest satin stitch, by hoop
Hoop	Inches	Centimeters	Satin stitch up to
3 in (8 cm)	1.9 × 1.9 in	4.8 × 4.8 cm	1/8 in (3 mm)
4 in (10 cm)	2.8 × 2.9 in	7.1 × 7.4 cm	3/16 in (5 mm)
5 in (13 cm)	3.8 × 3.9 in	9.7 × 9.9 cm	1/4 in (6 mm)
6 in (15 cm)	4.7 × 4.8 in	11.9 × 12.2 cm	5/16 in (8 mm)
8 in (20 cm)	6.6 × 6.8 in	16.8 × 17.3 cm	7/16 in (11 mm)

In a 3 or 4 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 986 Very Dark Forest GreenDarker half of each sepal and outline of the sepals
DMC 989 Forest GreenLighter half of each sepal
DMC 152 Medium Light Shell PinkPetals
DMC 3350 Ultra Dark Dusty RoseTurned-over edges of the petals, tongues of the petals, outline of the petals, center knots and outline of the center
DMC 3852 Very Dark StrawCenter trellis

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

Fishbone stitch 2 strandsDarker half of each sepal, lighter half of each sepal
Stem stitch 2 or 3 strandsOutline of the sepals, outline of the petals, outline of the center
Long and short stitch 1 or 2 strandsPetals
Buttonhole stitch 2 strandsTurned-over edges of the petals
Satin stitch 2 strandsTongues of the petals
Trellis stitch 2 strandsCenter trellis
French knot 2 strands, two wrapsCenter knots

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.