Summer Evening Floral Wreath Embroidery Pattern

Welcome Back!

I’m so glad you’re back and that you’re here to check out this new project titled “Summer Evening” Floral Wreath Embroidery Pattern! I suppose you probably want to know what compelled me to design this masterpiece? Well, it was no big thing – I was simply browsing the Anchor embroidery threads and thought these colours would look good together. When you’re an aficionado like me, it doesn’t take much.

Truly I’m kidding. To be honest, I’m not sure how I feel about the peach colours I chose, but ultimately, I am happy with how it turned out.

I was trying to pick out the name for this one and really had quite a hard time coming to a conclusion. Simple is best, but you also want to give it a name to differentiate from all your other work. You want something that describes the heart of the project, but also isn’t so weird and unique that no one will ever find it if they were to search for it. The colours are a bit mellow, and I liked how Mellow Meadow sounded, but that’s sort of a sad name. I thought I might name it “Claira” because it looks like a Claira to me, but in the end, I decided on something a little more to the point and easy, but also quite sweet I think. What do you think of the name?

This project will take you a bit longer than some of the other projects I’ve done patterns for. I would guess around 6 or 7 hours. I always do my projects over several days, so it’s hard to say for sure how long it took me. This is also why there are so many different types of backgrounds and lighting during the tutorial pictures.

Anyway, enough of that, let’s get onto the summer evening floral embroidery pattern! You can find the PDF pattern at the very bottom of this post.

Materials List

1. 7″ hoop
2. Fabric, preferably cotton or cotton/linen blend in white or cream
3. Water-soluble marker or heat-erasable pen. I recently bought my heat-erasable pen from this Etsy shop: Black Frixion Pen for Embroidery Pattern Transfer, Heat Erasable Transfer Method, Hand Embroidery Supplies, Pilot Disappearing Ink – Etsy Canada
4. Embroidery needle
5. Seam ripper or scissors
6. Embroidery floss:
   Anchor 347 (DMC 3064) – Dark Peach
   Anchor 361 (DMC 738) – Medium Peach
   Anchor 881 (DMC 945) – Light Peach
   Anchor 2 (DMC 3865 or any white) – White
   Anchor 275 (DMC 746) – Yellow
   Anchor 892 (DMC 225) – Pink
   Anchor 848 (DMC 927) – Dark Blue
   Anchor 884 (DMC 920) – Dark Orange
   Anchor 338 (DMC 3778) – Medium Orange
   Anchor 337 (N/A) – Light Orange
   Anchor 8581 (DMC 3022) – Dark Green
   Anchor 388 (DMC 842) – Beige
   Anchor 847 (DMC 3072) – Light Blue
   Anchor 900 (DMC 648) – Light Green

As you can see in the above conversion between Anchor and DMC, there is no DMC substitute for Anchor 337. In fact, the substitute for Anchor 338 and 337 are the same (DMC 3778), but as you can see in the main picture, these are definitely two different colours. If you are using this pattern with DMC thread, I would suggest just finding a colour that matches DMC 3778 as close as possible but is slightly lighter. Or you can go ahead and choose whatever colour you’d like. Heck, you can do that will all the colours!

Alright, on to the tutorial!

Step 1 – Trace the Pattern

Trace your pattern onto your fabric. To do that, you can put your phone with the flashlight on under a pan. There’s more information on my blog post here: Everything You Need to Know About Starting Your First Embroidery Project – Friendstitch Embroidery. If your fabric is lightweight enough, you may be able to just put your fabric in the hoop and then trace right on top of the printed pattern. That’s what I did with this pattern. Some people will tape their pattern onto a window, but you do whatever is easiest and will cause your hand to cramp the least.

Step 2 – The Dark Peach Roses

Using 6 strands of Anchor 347 (DMC 3064) – Dark Peach, make a woven wheel for the two roses exactly in the centre of the pattern (number one and four), but only around the outside circle of the rose. Here’s a little picture of what the start of the stitches will look like that I did separate from the main pattern:

Now, you are going to weave like you normally would around the 5 lines, but because there’s nothing in the centre, your stitches will be a little loose.

That’s okay, just keep weaving around like your normally would. Try and pull on the stitches so they’re not really loose, but don’t pull too hard or you’ll end up with loose and taught stitches that are a bit unsightly. Here’s how it will look with the first two dark peach roses:

Step 3 – The Medium Peach Roses, and the Light Peach Roses

Using 6 strands of Anchor 361 (DMC 738) – Medium Peach, make a woven wheel for the second and fifth roses. For some reason, I worked this pattern counterclockwise, so number one is the one at the top, and number two is the next one to the left. Then, using 6 strands of Anchor 881 (DMC 945) – Light Peach, make a woven wheel for the third and sixth roses.

Step 4 – Fill in the Roses

Using 6 strands of Anchor 2 (DMC 3865 or any white) – White, fill in the centre of the roses with french knots. Watch this tutorial if you’ve never done french knots before: How to do a French Knot.

Step 4 – The Yellow Roses

Using 4 strands of Anchor 275 (DMC 746) – Yellow, make the yellow roses with a woven wheel stitch.

Step 5 – The Pink Roses

Using 6 strands of Anchor 892 (DMC 225) – Pink, make a woven wheel for the pink roses.

Step 6 – The Dark Blue Roses

Using 6 strands of Anchor 848 (DMC 927) – Dark Blue, make woven wheel for the blue roses. It’s starting to come together, now!

Step 7 – The Dark Orange Flowers

Using 3 strands of Anchor 884 (DMC 920) – Dark Orange, fill in the last daisy-like flowers (I don’t really know what kind of flower they are) with a satin stitch. If you don’t know how to do a satin stitch, watch this tutorial: How to do a Satin Stitch.

Step 8 – The Medium Orange Flowers

Using 3 strands of Anchor 338 (DMC 3778) – Medium Orange, fill in the petals with a satin stitch.

Step 8 – The Light Orange Flowers

Using 3 strands of Anchor 337 (N/A) – Light Orange, fill in the last two flowers with a satin stitch.

Step 9 – The Centre of the Orange Flowers

Using 2 strands of Anchor 275 (DMC 746) – Yellow, fill in the centre of the orange flowers with 3 to 5 french knots.

Step 10 – The Dark Green Stems, Leaves, Bulbs

Using 2 strands of Anchor 8581 (DMC 3022) – Dark Green, fill in the stems of the outer stems with a stem stitch. Watch this tutorial if you’re not sure how to do a stem stitch: How to Stem Stitch. Then, fill in the leaves with a satin stitch, using the same colour and thread amount. Finally, fill in the little bulb-y section at the bottom of the flowers with a satin stitch, also using the same colour and thread amount.

Here’s a close-up of what I mean when I say the bulb-y section. By the way, what is that part of the flower called?

Sorry it’s a bit blurry:/

Step 11 – The Beige Flowers

Using 3 strands of Anchor 388 (DMC 842) – Beige, fill in the beige flowers with a satin stitch.

Step 12 – The Light Blue Flowers

Using 2 strands of Anchor 847 (DMC 3072) – Light Blue, fill in the blue flowers on either side of the beige flowers.

Step 13 – The Inside Light Green Stems and Leaves

Using 3 strands of Anchor 900 (DMC 648) – Light Green, fill in the inside stem with a stem stitch, then using the same colour and thread count, fill in the leaves using a lazy daisy stitch. I think this is the first time one my patterns has used a lazy daisy stitch, so if you’re not sure how to do that, watch this tutorial: How to do a Lazy Daisy Stitch

That there is the picture I sent to my sister in hopes that she would comfort me over the slight anxiety I had with the finished piece. In the end, she thought it was lovely and I am happy with it as well!

Step 14 – Erase the Pattern

I traced this pattern using a heat-erasable pen. If you don’t have one of those, I highly recommend you get one. It’s great because as soon as you’re done, you can erase the pattern and you’re finished right then and there. As well, if you make a mistake while you’re tracing it, you can quickly erase it.

If you don’t have access to a heat-erasable pen, a water-soluble marker works great as well. For the first 3 years of my embroidery journey, that’s what I used, and it’s also what most fabric stores carry on hand. The only thing with water-soluble, is that you have to wait several hours after you’ve washed the piece for everything to dry. There is also a risk that certain darker colours may bleed onto your fabric. To combat bleeding, you can place your finished wet piece face-down onto a towel to dry. I haven’t tried it, but I have heard that it works very well.

Step 15 – Finishing the Back

If you’re keeping your project in the hoop, cut out a piece of felt and stitch it to the back. Here’s a quick tutorial by Stitcharama: How To Finish The Back Of Your Embroidery Hoop With Felt: 30-Second Tutorial.

If you plan to put the piece in a frame, just cut a couple inches past your piece and glue it to the glass part of your frame. The back piece of the frame will cover up all the stitches and you don’t need to do anything fancy. If you can afford it, there are some absolutely gorgeous wooden frames you can purchase from this Etsy shop: UniversalHappyGift – Etsy Canada.

That’s It, You’re Done!

Hurray, your lovely summer evening floral wreath embroidery pattern is complete! I hope you had a lovely time following along and stitching your own version. What will you do with it now? Gift it to a friend? Display in your own home? Stitch and ditch? What’s stitch and ditch? I don’t know, I just made that up. I guess that would be stitching it up and then never doing anything with it.

The PDF Pattern

Did you like this pattern and tutorial? Let me know what you think in the comments! Are there any mistakes you noticed? Do you think some other colours would be better? Do you have questions or need something clarified? Go ahead and ask below!

Thanks for being here!