Redwork snow globe with a tree hand embroidery pattern

Easy · 1 color · 3 kinds of stitch

Redwork snow globe with a tree: preview of the stitched design

A snow globe is seen from the front, drawn as redwork: one red thread and line stitches, with no filled shapes. Inside the glass ball a tree of three tiers, each with a scalloped lower edge, stands on its short trunk on a mound of snow, with a five-pointed star on its top and four snowflakes falling on each side. Below the ball the base widens from its collar down to its foot, with a band across it. The collar, the base, the foot, the glass ball, the star, the tree and the trunk are stem stitch, the band of the base and the mound of snow are back stitch, and the snowflakes are French knots.

Size and details

Easy. Simple stitches in one color.

1 color of floss and 3 kinds of stitch, all of them line stitches and knots:

The stitched size, by hoop
Hoop	Inches	Centimeters
3 in (8 cm)	1.2 × 1.6 in	3 × 4.1 cm
4 in (10 cm)	1.9 × 2.4 in	4.8 × 6.1 cm
5 in (13 cm)	2.5 × 3.1 in	6.4 × 7.9 cm
6 in (15 cm)	3.1 × 3.9 in	7.9 × 9.9 cm
8 in (20 cm)	4.3 × 5.5 in	10.9 × 14 cm

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 304 Medium RedCollar of the base, base, foot of the base, glass ball, star, tree, trunk, band of the base, mound of snow and snowflakes

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 strandsCollar of the base, base, foot of the base, glass ball, star, tree, trunk
Back stitch 2 strandsBand of the base, mound of snow
French knot 2 strands, two wrapsSnowflakes

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.