Ribbon rosette with a star hand embroidery pattern

Intermediate · 3 colors · 3 kinds of stitch

Ribbon rosette with a star: preview of the stitched design

A ribbon rosette is seen from the front, a pleated ruffle round a navy center with two tails hanging below. Twelve red pleats stand round the center at equal steps with the cloth left bare between them, and the outline of the ruffle runs round them all in scallops of red stem stitch. The center is navy long and short stitch with one white star of satin stitch in its middle, and the ring round the center is navy stem stitch. Each of the two tails has a notched end, an outline of red stem stitch and two red stripes of satin stitch down its edges. The red pleats are satin stitch.

Size and details

Intermediate. Uses long and short stitch; from a 6 inch hoop up the widest satin stitches are long.

3 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)	1.3 × 1.8 in	3.3 × 4.6 cm	1/8 in (3 mm)
4 in (10 cm)	2 × 2.6 in	5.1 × 6.6 cm	1/4 in (6 mm)
5 in (13 cm)	2.7 × 3.5 in	6.9 × 8.9 cm	5/16 in (8 mm)
6 in (15 cm)	3.4 × 4.4 in	8.6 × 11.2 cm	3/8 in (10 mm)
8 in (20 cm)	4.7 × 6.2 in	11.9 × 15.7 cm	1/2 in (13 mm)

In an 8 inch hoop the widest satin stitch shape is 1/2 in (13 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 304 Medium RedRed stripes of the tails, outline of the tails, red pleats and outline of the ruffle
DMC 336 Navy BlueRing round the center and center
DMC B5200 Snow WhiteStar

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 strandsRed stripes of the tails, red pleats, star
Stem stitch 2 or 3 strandsOutline of the tails, outline of the ruffle, ring round the center
Long and short stitch 1 or 2 strandsCenter

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.