Painted tile flower in satin stitch hand embroidery pattern

Intermediate · 7 colors · 4 kinds of stitch

Painted tile flower in satin stitch: preview of the stitched design

A painted tile holds a flower of eight navy petals with gold centers round a woven wheel, inside an orange ring, with an orange French knot between each pair of petals. Each corner has an orange square, its corner stone, holding a gold quarter circle, and from it grow a pointed blue bud and two green leaves; an orange half circle sits on each side, and the border is a row of navy and sky blue blocks. The leaves are long and short stitch, and the petals, their centers, the buds, the ring, the border, the corner stones, the quarter circles and the half circles are satin stitch.

Size and details

Intermediate. Uses long and short stitch and satin stitch over about a fifth of the cloth in a 6 inch hoop.

7 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)	1.3 × 1.3 in	3.3 × 3.3 cm	1/8 in (3 mm)
4 in (10 cm)	2 × 2 in	5.1 × 5.1 cm	1/8 in (3 mm)
5 in (13 cm)	2.7 × 2.7 in	6.9 × 6.9 cm	3/16 in (5 mm)
6 in (15 cm)	3.4 × 3.4 in	8.6 × 8.6 cm	1/4 in (6 mm)
8 in (20 cm)	4.7 × 4.7 in	11.9 × 11.9 cm	3/8 in (10 mm)

In a 3 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 336 Navy BlueNavy border blocks and flower petals
DMC 3755 Baby BlueBlue border blocks
DMC 922 Light CopperCorner stones, ring, dots between the petals and half circles on the edges
DMC 3852 Very Dark StrawCenters of the petals, flower center and corner quarter circles
DMC 986 Very Dark Forest GreenDarker half of each leaf
DMC 320 Medium Pistachio GreenLighter half of each leaf
DMC 322 Dark Baby BlueBuds

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 strandsBorder blocks, corner stones, ring, flower petals, centers of the petals, corner quarter circles, buds, half circles on the edges
Woven wheel stitch 2 strandsFlower center
French knot 2 strands, two wrapsDots between the petals
Long and short stitch 1 or 2 strandsLeaves

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.