Harvest tractor hand embroidery pattern

Easy · 3 colors · 4 kinds of stitch

Harvest tractor: preview of the stitched design

A tractor with a roofed cab and a tall treaded rear wheel pulls a wooden cart on a spoked wheel, heaped with three pumpkins. The tractor, cart and pumpkins are stem stitch outlines with back stitch for the window, tread, spokes, plank and pumpkin ribs, the pumpkin stalks are short satin stitches and the hubs and headlight are French knots.

Size and details

Easy. Stem stitch, back stitch and French knots, with a little satin stitch.

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)	1.7 × 1.1 in	4.3 × 2.8 cm	1/16 in (1.6 mm)
4 in (10 cm)	2.6 × 1.6 in	6.6 × 4.1 cm	1/16 in (1.6 mm)
5 in (13 cm)	3.5 × 2.2 in	8.9 × 5.6 cm	1/16 in (1.6 mm)
6 in (15 cm)	4.4 × 2.7 in	11.2 × 6.9 cm	1/8 in (3 mm)
8 in (20 cm)	6.1 × 3.8 in	15.5 × 9.7 cm	1/8 in (3 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 922 Light CopperPumpkins, pumpkin ribs, hubs and headlight
DMC 3781 Dark Mocha BrownPumpkin stalks, cart, plank of the cart, tow bar, cart wheel, spokes, rear tire, tread of the rear tire and front tire
DMC 3809 Very Dark TurquoiseCab roof, cab, hood, fender, exhaust pipe, cab window, grille, front axle and wheel rims

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 strandsPumpkins, cart, tow bar, cart wheel, cab roof, cab, hood, fender, exhaust pipe, front axle, rear tire, front tire
Back stitch 2 strandsPumpkin ribs, plank of the cart, spokes, cab window, grille, tread of the rear tire, wheel rims
Satin stitch 2 strandsPumpkin stalks
French knot 2 strands, two wrapsHubs, headlight

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.