Six-lobe Gothic rosette hand embroidery pattern

Easy · 4 colors · 4 kinds of stitch

Six-lobe Gothic rosette: preview of the stitched design

A Gothic rosette has six round lobes round a ring. The navy lobes are drawn as one band, with stem stitch edges and a line of chain stitch down its middle, and the red ring inside their cusps is worked the same way. Inside the ring six long gold petals and six short teal ones stand round a teal French knot, and a broad gold petal lies in each lobe with its point toward the ring; all eighteen petals are fishbone stitch.

Size and details

Easy. Simple stitches in four colors.

4 colors of floss and 4 kinds of stitch:

The stitched size, by hoop
Hoop	Inches	Centimeters
3 in (8 cm)	1.5 × 1.6 in	3.8 × 4.1 cm
4 in (10 cm)	2.2 × 2.4 in	5.6 × 6.1 cm
5 in (13 cm)	3 × 3.3 in	7.6 × 8.4 cm
6 in (15 cm)	3.7 × 4.1 in	9.4 × 10.4 cm
8 in (20 cm)	5.2 × 5.7 in	13.2 × 14.5 cm

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 336 Navy BlueSix lobes and middle line of the six lobes
DMC 304 Medium RedRing and middle line of the ring
DMC 3852 Very Dark StrawLong petals and petals in the lobes
DMC 3809 Very Dark TurquoiseSmall petals and middle

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 strandsSix lobes, ring
Chain stitch 2 or 3 strandsMiddle line of the six lobes, middle line of the ring
Fishbone stitch 2 strandsLong petals, small petals, petals in the lobes
French knot 2 strands, two wrapsMiddle

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.