Arrow with three hanging feathers hand embroidery pattern

Easy · 5 colors · 2 kinds of stitch

Arrow with three hanging feathers: preview of the stitched design

A single arrow lies level and points right, with three feathers hanging below it. The arrow has a brown shaft, a gray arrowhead and two flights at the tail banded in dark teal and light teal. Four rust bindings wrap the shaft: one behind the arrowhead and three along its length. From each of those three a brown cord drops to a rust bead with a feather under it, and the middle feather hangs lowest. The feathers are banded in dark teal and light teal. The cords are stem stitch; the flights, shaft, bindings, arrowhead, feathers and beads are satin stitch.

Size and details

Easy. Short satin stitches, no shading.

5 colors of floss and 2 kinds of stitch:

The stitched size and the widest satin stitch, by hoop
Hoop	Inches	Centimeters	Satin stitch up to
3 in (8 cm)	1.6 × 1.1 in	4.1 × 2.8 cm	1/16 in (1.6 mm)
4 in (10 cm)	2.4 × 1.6 in	6.1 × 4.1 cm	1/8 in (3 mm)
5 in (13 cm)	3.2 × 2.2 in	8.1 × 5.6 cm	3/16 in (5 mm)
6 in (15 cm)	4 × 2.7 in	10.2 × 6.9 cm	3/16 in (5 mm)
8 in (20 cm)	5.6 × 3.8 in	14.2 × 9.7 cm	5/16 in (8 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 3809 Very Dark TurquoiseDark teal bands of the flights and dark teal bands of the feathers
DMC 597 TurquoiseLight teal bands of the flights and light teal bands of the feathers
DMC 3781 Dark Mocha BrownShaft and cords
DMC 355 Dark Terra CottaBindings and beads
DMC 414 Dark Steel GrayArrowhead

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 strandsFlights, shaft, bindings, arrowhead, feathers, beads
Stem stitch 2 or 3 strandsCords

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.