Marigold coaster hand embroidery pattern

Intermediate · 4 colors · 4 kinds of stitch

Marigold coaster: preview of the stitched design

A round design for a coaster shows one marigold seen face on inside a scalloped edge. Eight orange inner petals lie over eight gold outer petals, which show between and beyond them; all the petals have ruffled ends and are long and short stitch. Each inner petal carries a rust flame in satin stitch that rises from its foot. At the center a gold crest in long and short stitch is set with rust French knots, eight about one. Round the flower runs a ring of sixteen gold French knots, one inside each of the sixteen scallops of the edge, which is green stem stitch.

Size and details

Intermediate. Uses long and short stitch and a great deal of stitching.

4 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)	2.7 × 2.7 in	6.9 × 6.9 cm	3/16 in (5 mm)
5 in (13 cm)	3.6 × 3.6 in	9.1 × 9.1 cm	1/4 in (6 mm)
6 in (15 cm)	4.5 × 4.5 in	11.4 × 11.4 cm	5/16 in (8 mm)
8 in (20 cm)	6.3 × 6.3 in	16 × 16 cm	7/16 in (11 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 3852 Very Dark StrawMarigold outer petals, marigold crest and ring of knots
DMC 922 Light CopperMarigold inner petals
DMC 355 Dark Terra CottaMarigold flames and marigold crest knots
DMC 986 Very Dark Forest GreenScalloped edge

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

Long and short stitch 1 or 2 strandsMarigold outer petals, marigold inner petals, marigold crest
Satin stitch 2 strandsMarigold flames
French knot 2 strands, two wrapsMarigold crest knots, ring of knots
Stem stitch 2 or 3 strandsScalloped edge

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.