Lattice pie in an autumn laurel hand embroidery pattern

Intermediate · 5 colors · 4 kinds of stitch

Lattice pie in an autumn laurel: preview of the stitched design

A whole pie is seen from straight above inside a laurel of autumn leaves. The pie has a tan crimped crust with a rolled edge round a rust filling, crossed by six gold lattice strips, three upright and three level, woven over and under one another. A brown branch rises at each side from a rust bow at the foot, with laurel leaves in pairs, gold, rust and orange by turns. The branches are stem stitch, the laurel leaves are fishbone stitch and the knot of the bow is padded satin stitch; the crimped crust, its rolled edge, the filling, the lattice strips, the bow and the tails of the bow are satin stitch.

Size and details

Intermediate. Satin stitch over about a sixth of the cloth in a 6 inch hoop and a great deal of stitching.

5 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)	1.8 × 1.8 in	4.6 × 4.6 cm	1/8 in (3 mm)
4 in (10 cm)	2.6 × 2.8 in	6.6 × 7.1 cm	1/8 in (3 mm)
5 in (13 cm)	3.5 × 3.7 in	8.9 × 9.4 cm	3/16 in (5 mm)
6 in (15 cm)	4.4 × 4.6 in	11.2 × 11.7 cm	1/4 in (6 mm)
8 in (20 cm)	6.1 × 6.4 in	15.5 × 16.3 cm	3/8 in (10 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 3781 Dark Mocha BrownBranches
DMC 3852 Very Dark StrawGold laurel leaves and lattice strips
DMC 355 Dark Terra CottaRust laurel leaves, bow, tails of the bow, knot of the bow and filling
DMC 922 Light CopperOrange laurel leaves
DMC 3828 Hazelnut BrownRolled edge of the crust and crimped crust

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

Stem stitch 2 or 3 strandsBranches
Fishbone stitch 2 strandsLaurel leaves
Satin stitch 2 strandsBow, tails of the bow, filling, lattice strips, rolled edge of the crust, crimped crust
Padded satin stitch 2 strandsKnot of the bow

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.