Painted tile flower hand embroidery pattern

Easy · 3 colors · 4 kinds of stitch

Painted tile flower: preview of the stitched design

A square painted tile holds a flower of eight petals inside a ring, in each corner a quarter circle with two leaves that sweep out along the edges and scroll back at their tips, and on the middle of each side a small half circle. The frame, the ring, the petals and the corner and side circles are stem stitch, the leaves are stem stitch with a back stitch vein, the center of each petal and the flower center are satin stitch and the dots are French knots.

Size and details

Easy. In a hoop of 6 inches or less: stem stitch, back stitch and French knots, with some short satin stitches; in a larger hoop the widest satin stitches are long.

3 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)	1.4 × 1.4 in	3.6 × 3.6 cm	1/8 in (3 mm)
4 in (10 cm)	2 × 2 in	5.1 × 5.1 cm	1/8 in (3 mm)
5 in (13 cm)	2.7 × 2.7 in	6.9 × 6.9 cm	3/16 in (5 mm)
6 in (15 cm)	3.4 × 3.4 in	8.6 × 8.6 cm	1/4 in (6 mm)
8 in (20 cm)	4.8 × 4.8 in	12.2 × 12.2 cm	3/8 in (10 mm)

In a 3 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 336 Navy BlueTile edge, inner line, ring, flower petals, dots between the petals, corner quarter circles and half circles on the edges
DMC 3852 Very Dark StrawCenters of the petals, flower center, and corner and edge dots
DMC 320 Medium Pistachio GreenScrolling leaves and leaf veins

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 strandsTile edge, ring, flower petals, corner quarter circles, scrolling leaves, half circles on the edges
Back stitch 2 strandsInner line, leaf veins
Satin stitch 2 strandsCenters of the petals, flower center
French knot 2 strands, two wrapsDots between the petals, corner and edge dots

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.