Cat on a windowsill with daisies hand embroidery pattern

Easy · 6 colors · 4 kinds of stitch

Cat on a windowsill with daisies: preview of the stitched design

A cat sits on a windowsill with its back turned, between two daisies in flower pots, and its tail hangs down below the sill and curls at the tip. The cat is one outline of brown stem stitch with stem stitch haunches, and wears a pink bow at its neck: satin stitch loops and tails with a padded satin stitch knot. Each daisy has white satin stitch petals round a gold satin stitch center on a green stem stitch stalk with two green fishbone stitch leaves. The flower pots are outlined in rust stem stitch, each with a rust satin stitch rim and a pink satin stitch heart. The windowsill is a band of brown satin stitch.

Size and details

Easy. In a hoop of 6 inches or less: short satin stitches, no shading, with a little padded satin stitch; in a larger hoop 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)	1.5 × 1.5 in	3.8 × 3.8 cm	1/8 in (3 mm)
4 in (10 cm)	2.3 × 2.3 in	5.8 × 5.8 cm	3/16 in (5 mm)
5 in (13 cm)	3.1 × 3 in	7.9 × 7.6 cm	3/16 in (5 mm)
6 in (15 cm)	3.9 × 3.8 in	9.9 × 9.7 cm	1/4 in (6 mm)
8 in (20 cm)	5.4 × 5.3 in	13.7 × 13.5 cm	3/8 in (10 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 3781 Dark Mocha BrownWindowsill, cat outline and cat haunches
DMC 320 Medium Pistachio GreenStalks and leaves
DMC B5200 Snow WhiteDaisy petals
DMC 3852 Very Dark StrawDaisy centers
DMC 355 Dark Terra CottaOutlines of the flower pots and rims of the pots
DMC 3350 Ultra Dark Dusty RoseHearts on the pots, bow tails, bow loops and bow knot

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 strandsWindowsill, daisy petals, daisy centers, hearts on the pots, rims of the pots, bow tails, bow loops
Stem stitch 2 or 3 strandsStalks, outlines of the flower pots, cat outline, cat haunches
Fishbone stitch 2 strandsLeaves
Padded satin stitch 2 strandsBow knot

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.