Plate of jam heart cookies hand embroidery pattern

Advanced · 4 colors · 2 kinds of stitch

Plate of jam heart cookies: preview of the stitched design

A plate of cookies is seen from above. Five round cookies with scalloped edges lie in a ring, each with a red jam heart that points toward the middle, around a yellow star cookie whose five points lie between them. The white rim of the plate circles them all, and the red edge of the plate runs outside it. The round cookies are tan long and short stitch; the jam hearts, the star cookie, the rim of the plate and the edge of the plate are satin stitch.

Size and details

Advanced. Uses long and short stitch, satin stitch over about a fifth of the cloth in a 6 inch hoop and a great deal of stitching.

4 colors of floss and 2 kinds of stitch:

The stitched size and the widest satin stitch, by hoop
Hoop	Inches	Centimeters	Satin stitch up to
3 in (8 cm)	1.9 × 1.9 in	4.8 × 4.8 cm	1/8 in (3 mm)
4 in (10 cm)	2.9 × 2.9 in	7.4 × 7.4 cm	3/16 in (5 mm)
5 in (13 cm)	3.9 × 3.9 in	9.9 × 9.9 cm	1/4 in (6 mm)
6 in (15 cm)	4.8 × 4.8 in	12.2 × 12.2 cm	5/16 in (8 mm)
8 in (20 cm)	6.8 × 6.8 in	17.3 × 17.3 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 B5200 Snow WhiteRim of the plate
DMC 304 Medium RedEdge of the plate and jam hearts
DMC 3828 Hazelnut BrownRound cookies
DMC 726 Light TopazStar cookie

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 strandsRim of the plate, edge of the plate, jam hearts, star cookie
Long and short stitch 1 or 2 strandsRound cookies

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.