Pleated fan bunting with stars hand embroidery pattern

Intermediate · 4 colors · 2 kinds of stitch

Pleated fan bunting with stars: preview of the stitched design

A half round of pleated fan bunting hangs below a gold rod. The navy center of the fan sits against the rod at the middle and carries three white stars, two above and one below between them. Round it runs a half ring of fourteen white pleats, and outside that a half ring of fourteen red pleats whose rounded ends make a scalloped edge. A seam of bare cloth parts each pleat from the next. The center of the fan is long and short stitch; the stars, the pleats and the rod are satin stitch.

Size and details

Intermediate. Uses long and short stitch; from a 6 inch hoop up the widest satin stitches are long.

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)	1.7 × 0.9 in	4.3 × 2.3 cm	1/8 in (3 mm)
4 in (10 cm)	2.5 × 1.3 in	6.4 × 3.3 cm	1/4 in (6 mm)
5 in (13 cm)	3.4 × 1.8 in	8.6 × 4.6 cm	5/16 in (8 mm)
6 in (15 cm)	4.2 × 2.2 in	10.7 × 5.6 cm	3/8 in (10 mm)
8 in (20 cm)	5.9 × 3.1 in	15 × 7.9 cm	9/16 in (14 mm)

In an 8 inch hoop the widest satin stitch shape is 9/16 in (14 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 336 Navy BlueCenter of the fan
DMC B5200 Snow WhiteStars and white pleats
DMC 304 Medium RedRed pleats
DMC 3852 Very Dark StrawRod

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

Long and short stitch 1 or 2 strandsCenter of the fan
Satin stitch 2 strandsStars, white pleats, red pleats, rod

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.