Bold satin stitch snowflake hand embroidery pattern

Easy · 3 colors · 1 kind of stitch

Bold satin stitch snowflake: preview of the stitched design

A bold snowflake is worked wholly in satin stitch. A solid teal hexagon, stitched as six wedges, sits at the middle, and six slim navy arms with pointed ends run out from it. Each arm carries three pairs of sky blue branches, shorter toward the tip.

Size and details

Easy. Short satin stitches, no shading.

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)	1.7 × 1.9 in	4.3 × 4.8 cm	1/8 in (3 mm)
4 in (10 cm)	2.5 × 2.9 in	6.4 × 7.4 cm	1/8 in (3 mm)
5 in (13 cm)	3.3 × 3.9 in	8.4 × 9.9 cm	3/16 in (5 mm)
6 in (15 cm)	4.2 × 4.8 in	10.7 × 12.2 cm	1/4 in (6 mm)
8 in (20 cm)	5.8 × 6.8 in	14.7 × 17.3 cm	5/16 in (8 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 3809 Very Dark TurquoiseHexagon at the middle
DMC 336 Navy BlueArms
DMC 3755 Baby BlueBranches

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 strandsHexagon at the middle, arms, branches

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.