Tudor rose coaster hand embroidery pattern

Intermediate · 6 colors · 4 kinds of stitch

Tudor rose coaster: preview of the stitched design

A round design for a coaster shows one Tudor rose seen face on, the rose of heraldry: five red petals with five white ones laid over them a half step round, a green barb in each gap between the red petals and a round gold boss at the center, set with seven knots. There are no leaves: the flower sits inside a ring of ten French knots and an edge of twenty scallops in stem stitch; the flower is worked in satin stitch, long and short stitch and French knots.

Size and details

Intermediate. Uses long and short stitch; from a 5 inch hoop up the widest satin stitches are long.

6 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 × 1.8 in	4.6 × 4.6 cm	1/4 in (6 mm)
4 in (10 cm)	2.7 × 2.7 in	6.9 × 6.9 cm	5/16 in (8 mm)
5 in (13 cm)	3.6 × 3.6 in	9.1 × 9.1 cm	7/16 in (11 mm)
6 in (15 cm)	4.4 × 4.4 in	11.2 × 11.2 cm	9/16 in (14 mm)
8 in (20 cm)	6.2 × 6.2 in	15.7 × 15.7 cm	13/16 in (21 mm)

In a 6 or 8 inch hoop the widest satin stitch shape is 1/2 in (13 mm) or more 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.
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 320 Medium Pistachio GreenTudor rose barbs
DMC 304 Medium RedTudor rose outer petals
DMC B5200 Snow WhiteTudor rose inner petals
DMC 3852 Very Dark StrawTudor rose boss and ring of knots
DMC 726 Light TopazTudor rose boss knots
DMC 986 Very Dark Forest GreenScalloped edge

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 strandsTudor rose barbs, Tudor rose boss
Long and short stitch 1 or 2 strandsTudor rose outer petals, Tudor rose inner petals
French knot 2 strands, two wrapsTudor rose boss knots, ring of knots
Stem stitch 2 or 3 strandsScalloped edge

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.