Little ghost with a bow hand embroidery pattern

Easy · 3 colors · 3 kinds of stitch

Little ghost with a bow: preview of the stitched design

A little ghost is seen from the front with both arms held up: its outline is one line of stem stitch with a hem of five round scallops, and four folds of stem stitch rise from the points of the hem. The two eyes are satin stitch, and it wears a ribbon bow of satin stitch at its neck. Nearly all of it is outline in purple, and the eyes are navy and the bow orange.

Size and details

Easy. In a hoop of 6 inches or less: stem stitch, with some short satin stitches and a little padded satin stitch; in a larger hoop the widest satin stitches are long.

3 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)	1.4 × 1.6 in	3.6 × 4.1 cm	1/8 in (3 mm)
4 in (10 cm)	2.1 × 2.5 in	5.3 × 6.4 cm	3/16 in (5 mm)
5 in (13 cm)	2.9 × 3.3 in	7.4 × 8.4 cm	1/4 in (6 mm)
6 in (15 cm)	3.6 × 4.1 in	9.1 × 10.4 cm	5/16 in (8 mm)
8 in (20 cm)	5 × 5.8 in	12.7 × 14.7 cm	7/16 in (11 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 208 Very Dark LavenderGhost and folds of the sheet
DMC 336 Navy BlueEyes
DMC 922 Light CopperBow, bow tails and bow knot

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 strandsGhost, folds of the sheet
Satin stitch 2 strandsEyes, bow, bow tails
Padded satin stitch 2 strandsBow knot

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.