Cottage with wild rose boughs hand embroidery pattern

Intermediate · 5 colors · 5 kinds of stitch

Cottage with wild rose boughs: preview of the stitched design

A cottage is seen from the front, the same left and right, with a bough of wild rose arching over it from each side. The tan wall is satin stitch, with two windows left as bare cloth and crossed by brown back stitch window bars; the pink satin stitch door has a tan heart on it. The roof is three rows of round satin stitch roof tiles, a brown row between two rust rows, under a brown ridge and the brown edges of the roof. Each bough is a green stem stitch stem with green fishbone stitch leaves and two blossoms, each of five pink satin stitch petals around a tan French knot. A green ground runs under the cottage.

Size and details

Intermediate. Long satin stitches from a 6 inch hoop up.

5 colors of floss and 5 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 × 1.2 in	4.3 × 3 cm	1/8 in (3 mm)
4 in (10 cm)	2.5 × 1.7 in	6.4 × 4.3 cm	1/4 in (6 mm)
5 in (13 cm)	3.4 × 2.3 in	8.6 × 5.8 cm	5/16 in (8 mm)
6 in (15 cm)	4.2 × 2.9 in	10.7 × 7.4 cm	3/8 in (10 mm)
8 in (20 cm)	5.9 × 4.1 in	15 × 10.4 cm	1/2 in (13 mm)

In an 8 inch hoop the widest satin stitch shape is 1/2 in (13 mm) 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 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 3828 Hazelnut BrownWall under the windows and over them, wall between the windows, heart on the door, and blossom centers
DMC 355 Dark Terra CottaRust roof tiles
DMC 3781 Dark Mocha BrownBrown roof tiles, ridge and edges of the roof, and window bars
DMC 3350 Ultra Dark Dusty RoseDoor and blossom petals
DMC 320 Medium Pistachio GreenStems, leaves and ground

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 strandsWall under the windows and over them, wall between the windows, roof tiles, ridge and edges of the roof, door, heart on the door, blossom petals, ground
Back stitch 2 strandsWindow bars
Stem stitch 2 or 3 strandsStems
Fishbone stitch 2 strandsLeaves
French knot 2 strands, two wrapsBlossom centers

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.