Rosebud spray corner hand embroidery pattern

Easy · 4 colors · 2 kinds of stitch

Rosebud spray corner: preview of the stitched design

A spray of three rosebuds fills a corner. Three stems spring from one point: one runs up the left side and one along the bottom, each with five leaves and a rosebud at its end, and a shorter one between them carries two pairs of leaves and the third rosebud. One more leaf points back into the corner. Each rosebud is a dark pink center between two light pink petals, set in a light green cup with a sepal at each side, all in satin stitch. The stems are dark green stem stitch, and each leaf is satin stitch, half dark green and half light green. It fits the corner of a napkin.

Size and details

Easy. In a hoop of 6 inches or less: short satin stitches, no shading; in a larger hoop 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)	1.4 × 1.4 in	3.6 × 3.6 cm	1/8 in (3 mm)
4 in (10 cm)	2.1 × 2.1 in	5.3 × 5.3 cm	3/16 in (5 mm)
5 in (13 cm)	2.7 × 2.7 in	6.9 × 6.9 cm	3/16 in (5 mm)
6 in (15 cm)	3.4 × 3.4 in	8.6 × 8.6 cm	1/4 in (6 mm)
8 in (20 cm)	4.8 × 4.8 in	12.2 × 12.2 cm	3/8 in (10 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 986 Very Dark Forest GreenStems and darker half of each leaf
DMC 320 Medium Pistachio GreenLighter half of each leaf, sepals and cups
DMC 152 Medium Light Shell PinkRosebud petals
DMC 3350 Ultra Dark Dusty RoseRosebud centers

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 strandsStems
Satin stitch 2 strandsLeaves (each half slanted to the center vein, in its own color), rosebud petals, rosebud centers, sepals, cups

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.