Strawberry with two blossoms hand embroidery pattern

Intermediate · 5 colors · 4 kinds of stitch

Strawberry with two blossoms: preview of the stitched design

One strawberry is seen from the front, its point down, with a curved stem of leaves below and beside it. The strawberry is red long and short stitch, with gold French knot seeds in rows of five, four, three, two and one from the top down. At its top sit a calyx of five satin stitch leaves around a French knot and a short satin stitch stalk. The stem is dark green stem stitch and carries pairs of satin stitch leaves, each leaf half light green and half dark green, as are the calyx leaves. Each end of the stem holds a blossom of five white satin stitch petals around a gold French knot.

Size and details

Intermediate. Uses long and short stitch.

5 colors of floss and 4 kinds of stitch:

The stitched size and the widest satin stitch, by hoop
Hoop	Inches	Centimeters	Satin stitch up to
3 in (8 cm)	1.7 × 1.4 in	4.3 × 3.6 cm	1/8 in (3 mm)
4 in (10 cm)	2.6 × 2.2 in	6.6 × 5.6 cm	3/16 in (5 mm)
5 in (13 cm)	3.4 × 2.9 in	8.6 × 7.4 cm	3/16 in (5 mm)
6 in (15 cm)	4.3 × 3.6 in	10.9 × 9.1 cm	1/4 in (6 mm)
8 in (20 cm)	6 × 5.1 in	15.2 × 13 cm	3/8 in (10 mm)

In a 3 or 4 inch hoop the French knots are drawn smaller than about 2 mm (a little over 1/16 in). Use one strand of floss for them 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 GreenStem, darker half of each leaf, stalk, darker half of the calyx and middle of the calyx
DMC 320 Medium Pistachio GreenLighter half of each leaf and lighter half of the calyx
DMC B5200 Snow WhiteBlossom petals
DMC 3852 Very Dark StrawBlossom middles and seeds
DMC 304 Medium RedStrawberry

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 strandsStem
Satin stitch 2 strandsLeaves (each half slanted to the center vein, in its own color), blossom petals, stalk, calyx (each half slanted to the center vein, in its own color)
French knot 2 strands, two wrapsBlossom middles, seeds, middle of the calyx
Long and short stitch 1 or 2 strandsStrawberry

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.