Mistletoe bunch with a bow hand embroidery pattern

Intermediate · 4 colors · 1 kind of stitch

Mistletoe bunch with a bow: preview of the stitched design

A bunch of mistletoe hangs from a red bow with two sweeping tails. Three stems fan from under the knot, each with two pairs of leaves and a round white berry at every joint, six berries in all. Every leaf is two satin stitch halves, one in a lighter and one in a darker green, that meet on its center vein, and the stems, the berries and the bow are satin stitch too.

Size and details

Intermediate. Satin stitch over about a fifth of the cloth in a 6 inch hoop.

4 colors of floss and 1 kind of stitch:

Satin stitch
Which stitch goes where

The stitched size and the widest satin stitch, by hoop
Hoop	Inches	Centimeters	Satin stitch up to
3 in (8 cm)	1.6 × 1.8 in	4.1 × 4.6 cm	1/8 in (3 mm)
4 in (10 cm)	2.3 × 2.7 in	5.8 × 6.9 cm	3/16 in (5 mm)
5 in (13 cm)	3.1 × 3.6 in	7.9 × 9.1 cm	1/4 in (6 mm)
6 in (15 cm)	3.9 × 4.5 in	9.9 × 11.4 cm	5/16 in (8 mm)
8 in (20 cm)	5.5 × 6.2 in	14 × 15.7 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 320 Medium Pistachio GreenStems and darker half of each mistletoe leaf
DMC 989 Forest GreenLighter half of each mistletoe leaf
DMC B5200 Snow WhiteMistletoe berries
DMC 304 Medium RedTails of the bow, loops of the bow and knot of the bow

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 strandsStems, mistletoe leaves (each half slanted to the center vein, in its own color), mistletoe berries, tails of the bow, loops of the bow, knot 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.