Jacobean flower with six petals hand embroidery pattern

Intermediate · 7 colors · 6 kinds of stitch

Jacobean flower with six petals: preview of the stitched design

A flower is seen face on in the Jacobean manner, set out as a wheel. Six petals stand at equal steps round a trellis middle, with a leaf between each two. Each petal has a navy stem stitch outline, a row of blue chain stitch that follows the outline just inside it, and a tongue of long and short stitch, dark pink at the foot and light pink at the tip. The middle is gold trellis stitch with a dark pink French knot in each whole diamond, inside a navy stem stitch outline. Each leaf is satin stitch in two halves, one dark green and one light green.

Size and details

Intermediate. Uses long and short stitch and trellis stitch.

7 colors of floss and 6 kinds of stitch:

The stitched size and the widest satin stitch, by hoop
Hoop	Inches	Centimeters	Satin stitch up to
3 in (8 cm)	1.8 × 1.9 in	4.6 × 4.8 cm	1/8 in (3 mm)
4 in (10 cm)	2.7 × 2.9 in	6.9 × 7.4 cm	1/8 in (3 mm)
5 in (13 cm)	3.6 × 3.8 in	9.1 × 9.7 cm	3/16 in (5 mm)
6 in (15 cm)	4.5 × 4.8 in	11.4 × 12.2 cm	1/4 in (6 mm)
8 in (20 cm)	6.3 × 6.7 in	16 × 17 cm	5/16 in (8 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 leaf
DMC 989 Forest GreenLighter half of each leaf
DMC 336 Navy BlueOutlines of the petals and middle outline
DMC 3350 Ultra Dark Dusty RoseFoot of the petal tongues and middle knots
DMC 152 Medium Light Shell PinkTip of the petal tongues
DMC 3755 Baby BlueRows of the petals
DMC 3852 Very Dark StrawMiddle 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

Satin stitch 2 strandsLeaves (each half slanted to the center vein, in its own color)
Long and short stitch 1 or 2 strandsFoot of the petal tongues, tip of the petal tongues
Chain stitch 2 or 3 strandsRows of the petals
Stem stitch 2 or 3 strandsOutlines of the petals, middle outline
Trellis stitch 2 strandsMiddle trellis
French knot 2 strands, two wrapsMiddle 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.