Treble clef on a staff hand embroidery pattern

Easy · 3 colors · 3 kinds of stitch

Treble clef on a staff: preview of the stitched design

A treble clef stands on the five lines of a staff inside a round frame. The clef is navy and taller than the staff: its narrow loop rises above the top line, its curl lies across the staff, and its upright stroke drops below the bottom line to a hook that ends in a ball on the left. The staff is gray, and its lines run from the frame to the clef on both sides. The frame is a single gold ring. The treble clef is satin stitch, the staff is back stitch and the frame is chain stitch.

Size and details

Easy. In a hoop of 6 inches or less: short satin stitches, no shading; 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)	1.8 × 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)	6.4 × 6.4 in	16.3 × 16.3 cm	1/2 in (13 mm)

In an 8 inch hoop the widest satin stitch shape is 1/2 in (13 mm) across. Satin stitches longer than about 12 mm (just under 1/2 in) tend to work loose: divide the shape into sections, or work it in long and short stitch.

The pattern is drawn inside a circle about half an inch (1.3 cm) smaller all around than the hoop.

What you need

DMC 414 Dark Steel GrayStaff
DMC 3852 Very Dark StrawFrame
DMC 336 Navy BlueTreble clef

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

Back stitch 2 strandsStaff
Chain stitch 2 or 3 strandsFrame
Satin stitch 2 strandsTreble clef

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.