Sea lavender hand embroidery pattern

Easy · 3 colors · 4 kinds of stitch

Sea lavender: preview of the stitched design

A wiry stem of sea lavender rises from five spoon-shaped leaves and branches into a wide spray, each branch end bending outward with a row of tiny blooms along its upper side. The stems are stem stitch, every bloom is a lazy daisy stitch with a French knot at the mouth of every other one, and the leaves are outlined in stem stitch with a back stitch rib.

Size and details

Easy. Simple stitches in three colors.

3 colors of floss and 4 kinds of stitch:

The stitched size, by hoop
Hoop	Inches	Centimeters
3 in (8 cm)	1.6 × 1.7 in	4.1 × 4.3 cm
4 in (10 cm)	2.3 × 2.5 in	5.8 × 6.4 cm
5 in (13 cm)	3.1 × 3.4 in	7.9 × 8.6 cm
6 in (15 cm)	3.9 × 4.2 in	9.9 × 10.7 cm
8 in (20 cm)	5.5 × 5.9 in	14 × 15 cm

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.
In a 3 inch hoop the shortest lazy daisy loops 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 320 Medium Pistachio GreenStem and branches, leaves, and leaf ribs
DMC 208 Very Dark LavenderBlooms
DMC 210 Medium LavenderMouths of the blooms

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 strandsStem and branches, leaves
Back stitch 2 strandsLeaf ribs
Lazy daisy stitch 2 strandsBlooms
French knot 2 strands, two wrapsMouths of the blooms

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.