Pair of raised wings hand embroidery pattern

Intermediate · 3 colors · 1 kind of stitch

Pair of raised wings: preview of the stitched design

A pair of raised wings stands upright, the left wing the mirror of the right. Each wing has a gold wing arm, a slim curved band along its inner edge. Eleven long feathers in dark blue fan from the arm toward the outer side, pointing down and out at the foot of the wing and straight up at its tip. Nine short feathers in light blue lie over the roots of the long feathers, next to the wing arm. The long feathers, the short feathers and the wing arms are all satin stitch.

Size and details

Intermediate. Satin stitch over about a quarter of the cloth in a 6 inch hoop; from a 6 inch hoop up some of the satin stitches are long.

3 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)	1.3 × 1.6 in	3.3 × 4.1 cm	1/8 in (3 mm)
4 in (10 cm)	1.9 × 2.5 in	4.8 × 6.4 cm	3/16 in (5 mm)
5 in (13 cm)	2.5 × 3.3 in	6.4 × 8.4 cm	5/16 in (8 mm)
6 in (15 cm)	3.2 × 4.1 in	8.1 × 10.4 cm	3/8 in (10 mm)
8 in (20 cm)	4.4 × 5.8 in	11.2 × 14.7 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 312 Very Dark Baby BlueLong feathers
DMC 3755 Baby BlueShort feathers
DMC 3852 Very Dark StrawWing arms

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 strandsLong feathers, short feathers, wing arms

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.