Rose posy tied with a bow hand embroidery pattern

Easy · 4 colors · 5 kinds of stitch

Rose posy tied with a bow: preview of the stitched design

A full round rose is seen face on, with a leaf and a bud to each side and a bow tied round its stem. The petals, leaves, stalks and ribbon are stem stitch, the veins and folds are back stitch, each sepal of a bud is one lazy daisy stitch, the knot of the bow is satin stitch and the center of the rose is one French knot.

Size and details

Easy. In a hoop of 6 inches or less: line stitches, lazy daisy stitch and French knots, with a little satin stitch; in a larger hoop the widest satin stitches are long.

4 colors of floss and 5 kinds of stitch:

The stitched size and the widest satin stitch, by hoop
Hoop	Inches	Centimeters	Satin stitch up to
3 in (8 cm)	1.4 × 1.8 in	3.6 × 4.6 cm	1/8 in (3 mm)
4 in (10 cm)	2.2 × 2.7 in	5.6 × 6.9 cm	1/8 in (3 mm)
5 in (13 cm)	2.9 × 3.6 in	7.4 × 9.1 cm	3/16 in (5 mm)
6 in (15 cm)	3.6 × 4.5 in	9.1 × 11.4 cm	1/4 in (6 mm)
8 in (20 cm)	5 × 6.2 in	12.7 × 15.7 cm	3/8 in (10 mm)

In a 3 inch hoop the French knot is drawn smaller than about 2 mm (a little over 1/16 in). Use one strand of floss for it 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 320 Medium Pistachio GreenLeaf stalks, leaves, leaf veins, bud stalks, sepals and stem
DMC 3350 Ultra Dark Dusty RoseRosebuds, rosebud folds, outer petals and inner petals
DMC 3755 Baby BlueBow loops, bow folds, ribbon tails and knot of the bow
DMC 304 Medium RedCenter of the rose and center

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 strandsLeaf stalks, leaves, bud stalks, rosebuds, bow loops, ribbon tails, stem, outer petals, inner petals, center of the rose
Back stitch 2 strandsLeaf veins, rosebud folds, bow folds
Lazy daisy stitch 2 strandsSepals
French knot 2 strands, two wrapsCenter
Satin stitch 2 strandsKnot of the bow

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.