Mantel clock with scrolls hand embroidery pattern

Intermediate · 3 colors · 1 kind of stitch

Mantel clock with scrolls: preview of the stitched design

A mantel clock is seen from the front, with a round drum on a long base and a scroll at each side. The drum is a brown ring, and inside it the gold rim of the face circles twelve navy hour marks. The short hour hand points up to the left and the longer minute hand up to the right, both navy, from the gold hub of the hands. Each brown scroll sweeps down from the drum and curls in on itself to end at a gold boss. The base is two brown bars, the lower one wider with a short foot under each end. Every part is satin stitch.

Size and details

Intermediate. Long satin stitches from a 6 inch hoop up.

3 colors of floss and 1 kind of stitch:

Satin stitch
Which stitch goes where

The stitched size and the widest satin stitch, by hoop
Hoop	Inches	Centimeters	Satin stitch up to
3 in (8 cm)	1.8 × 1.1 in	4.6 × 2.8 cm	3/16 in (5 mm)
4 in (10 cm)	2.7 × 1.7 in	6.9 × 4.3 cm	1/4 in (6 mm)
5 in (13 cm)	3.6 × 2.3 in	9.1 × 5.8 cm	5/16 in (8 mm)
6 in (15 cm)	4.5 × 2.8 in	11.4 × 7.1 cm	3/8 in (10 mm)
8 in (20 cm)	6.3 × 4 in	16 × 10.2 cm	9/16 in (14 mm)

In an 8 inch hoop the widest satin stitch shape is 9/16 in (14 mm) across. Satin stitches longer than about 12 mm (just under 1/2 in) tend to work loose: divide the shape into sections, or work it in long and short stitch.

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

What you need

DMC 3781 Dark Mocha BrownScrolls, drum and base
DMC 3852 Very Dark StrawBosses of the scrolls, rim of the face and hub of the hands
DMC 336 Navy BlueHour marks, hour hand and minute hand

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

Satin stitch 2 strandsScrolls, bosses of the scrolls, drum, rim of the face, hour marks, hour hand, minute hand, hub of the hands, base

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.