Saturday baking day hand embroidery pattern

Intermediate · 5 colors · 3 kinds of stitch

Saturday baking day: preview of the stitched design

SATURDAY is arched in block capitals of satin stitch over a pie on a cake stand, hot from the oven, with steam curling up from it. The crust is an arched band of satin stitch over bare cloth, with three red slits of satin stitch under it and a crimped edge of nine small rounds of satin stitch along the rim of the tin. The fluted tin is six flutes of satin stitch with bare cloth between them. The stem of the stand and the steam are stem stitch, and the plate and foot of the stand are bars of satin stitch. Two laurel branches of satin stitch leaves on stem stitch stems rise from a satin stitch blossom at the foot, a French knot at its center, and curve up to the two ends of the name, so that the name and the branches make one ring; the wreath is the same in all seven designs of the set, one for each day of the week.

Size and details

Intermediate. A great deal of stitching.

5 colors of floss and 3 kinds of stitch:

The stitched size and the widest satin stitch, by hoop
Hoop	Inches	Centimeters	Satin stitch up to
3 in (8 cm)	1.9 × 1.9 in	4.8 × 4.8 cm	1/16 in (1.6 mm)
4 in (10 cm)	2.8 × 2.9 in	7.1 × 7.4 cm	1/8 in (3 mm)
5 in (13 cm)	3.7 × 3.8 in	9.4 × 9.7 cm	3/16 in (5 mm)
6 in (15 cm)	4.6 × 4.8 in	11.7 × 12.2 cm	3/16 in (5 mm)
8 in (20 cm)	6.5 × 6.7 in	16.5 × 17 cm	5/16 in (8 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 986 Very Dark Forest GreenStems and darker half of each leaf
DMC 320 Medium Pistachio GreenLighter half of each leaf
DMC 304 Medium RedBlossom petals and slits in the crust
DMC 3852 Very Dark StrawBlossom center, crust and crimped edge
DMC 336 Navy BlueName, steam, pie tin and cake stand

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, steam, stem of the cake stand
Satin stitch 2 strandsLeaves (each half slanted to the center vein, in its own color), blossom petals, name, crust, slits in the crust, pie tin, crimped edge, plate and foot of the cake stand
French knot 2 strands, two wrapsBlossom center

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.