Redwork cupcake under a glass dome hand embroidery pattern

Beginner · 1 color · 2 kinds of stitch

Redwork cupcake under a glass dome: preview of the stitched design

This is a redwork cupcake under a glass dome on a stand. The cupcake has a pleated paper case, frosting in three tiers that grow smaller toward the top, the lowest scalloped over the case, two folds of the frosting where one tier meets the next, and a round cherry above. The glass dome rises from the stand over the cupcake and has a round knob at its top. The foot of the stand flares down to a flat base. The stand, its foot, the glass dome, the knob, the frosting, the cherry and the paper case are stem stitch; the folds of the frosting and the pleats of the case are back stitch. It is all one red thread, with no filled shapes.

Size and details

Beginner. Line stitches only, fewer than 450 stitches in all.

1 color of floss and 2 kinds of stitch, all of them line stitches:

The stitched size, by hoop
Hoop	Inches	Centimeters
3 in (8 cm)	1.6 × 1.8 in	4.1 × 4.6 cm
4 in (10 cm)	2.4 × 2.6 in	6.1 × 6.6 cm
5 in (13 cm)	3.2 × 3.5 in	8.1 × 8.9 cm
6 in (15 cm)	4 × 4.4 in	10.2 × 11.2 cm
8 in (20 cm)	5.6 × 6.2 in	14.2 × 15.7 cm

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

What you need

DMC 304 Medium RedStand, foot of the stand, glass dome, knob, frosting, cherry, paper case, folds of the frosting and pleats of the case

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

Stem stitch 2 or 3 strandsStand, foot of the stand, glass dome, knob, frosting, cherry, paper case
Back stitch 2 strandsFolds of the frosting, pleats of the case

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.