Oval trophy buckle with scrolls hand embroidery pattern

Easy · 4 colors · 4 kinds of stitch

Oval trophy buckle with scrolls: preview of the stitched design

An oval buckle has a flower at its center with leaves and scrolls round it. The edge of the buckle and the inner edge are navy lines of stem stitch, with a gold rope edge of chain stitch between them. The flower has six rust petals round a gold flower center and sits in a ring outlined in navy stem stitch. Four green fishbone stitch leaves point out from the ring: one above, one below and one at each side. Between every two leaves a long and a short navy scroll of stem stitch leave the ring and curl in to gold eyes. The petals, the flower center and the eyes of the scrolls are satin stitch.

Size and details

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

4 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)	1.8 × 1.4 in	4.6 × 3.6 cm	1/8 in (3 mm)
4 in (10 cm)	2.8 × 2 in	7.1 × 5.1 cm	3/16 in (5 mm)
5 in (13 cm)	3.7 × 2.7 in	9.4 × 6.9 cm	1/4 in (6 mm)
6 in (15 cm)	4.6 × 3.4 in	11.7 × 8.6 cm	5/16 in (8 mm)
8 in (20 cm)	6.4 × 4.7 in	16.3 × 11.9 cm	7/16 in (11 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 336 Navy BlueEdge of the buckle, inner edge, scrolls and ring outline
DMC 3852 Very Dark StrawRope edge, eyes of the scrolls and flower center
DMC 986 Very Dark Forest GreenLeaves
DMC 355 Dark Terra CottaFlower petals

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 strandsEdge of the buckle, inner edge, scrolls, ring outline
Chain stitch 2 or 3 strandsRope edge
Satin stitch 2 strandsEyes of the scrolls, flower petals, flower center
Fishbone stitch 2 strandsLeaves

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.