Wishing well with tulips hand embroidery pattern

Intermediate · 5 colors · 2 kinds of stitch

Wishing well with tulips: preview of the stitched design

A wishing well, seen from the front, stands on a green ground line with two tulips growing at each side. The roof is five rows of round tiles, rust and gray by turns, under gable boards on two posts; a roller runs through the posts and carries a rope and a bucket. The wall of the well is three courses of round-cornered stones under a rim, and each tulip grows between two leaves. The rope, the handle of the bucket and the tulip stems are stem stitch, and every other part is satin stitch.

Size and details

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

5 colors of floss and 2 kinds of stitch:

The stitched size and the widest satin stitch, by hoop
Hoop	Inches	Centimeters	Satin stitch up to
3 in (8 cm)	1.6 × 1.5 in	4.1 × 3.8 cm	1/8 in (3 mm)
4 in (10 cm)	2.4 × 2.2 in	6.1 × 5.6 cm	3/16 in (5 mm)
5 in (13 cm)	3.3 × 2.9 in	8.4 × 7.4 cm	5/16 in (8 mm)
6 in (15 cm)	4.1 × 3.7 in	10.4 × 9.4 cm	3/8 in (10 mm)
8 in (20 cm)	5.7 × 5.1 in	14.5 × 13 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.

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 BrownCorner posts, gable boards, roller, rope and handle of the bucket, and bucket
DMC 355 Dark Terra CottaRust roof tiles
DMC 414 Dark Steel GrayGray roof tiles, stones of the well and rim of the well
DMC 320 Medium Pistachio GreenLeaves, stems and ground
DMC 3350 Ultra Dark Dusty RoseTulips

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 strandsCorner posts, roof tiles, gable boards, roller, bucket, stones of the well, rim of the well, leaves, tulips, ground
Stem stitch 2 or 3 strandsRope and handle of the bucket, stems

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.