Autumn Stroll Wreath Embroidery Pattern

Welcome Back to Another Free Embroidery Pattern!

I’m so excited to share this new wreath embroidery pattern and tutorial called “Autumn Stroll”! I named it that because it reminds me of going on a slow Autumn stroll after supper and collecting the last of the fall flowers and leaves to make a wreath for the next season.

This project will work up quite quickly. The stitches are easy and the pattern itself is also quite small and delicate. The hoop you’ll be working with is only 5 inches. Of course, feel free to resize the pattern as needed. For this one, I have a lovely round frame that I wanted to put the finished piece in, and so I designed the pattern to fit into it, which is 5.5 inches wide. You can find the picture at the bottom of this tutorial.

On to the pattern!

Materials List

1. 5″ 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 856 (DMC 370) – Green
   Anchor 349 (DMC 301) – Burnt Orange
   Anchor 889 (DMC 610) – Brown
   Anchor 850 (DMC 926) – Blue
   Anchor 890 (DMC 729) – Yellow
   Anchor 22 (DMC 815) – Red

Conversion Charts

I haven’t talked about this before, but I thought it would be helpful to know what I use when I am converting between Anchor and DMC threads. I simply search “Anchor to DMC conversion chart,” and any of the results that pop are good to use. My favourite is yarntree, and here the link for that is in case you want to use it: yarntree.com/019dmccn.htm.

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 Green Stems

Using 1 strand of Anchor 856 (DMC 370) – Green, fill in all the inner stems with a stem stitch. Watch this tutorial if you need to learn how to do that: How to Stem Stitch. Normally, I would do the other stems that are using the same colour at the same time, but because several of the stems are worked very closely together, I thought it was best to do them at different times.

Step 3 – The Orange Leaves

Using 2 strands of Anchor 349 (DMC 301) – Burnt Orange, fill in the leaves with a satin stitch. If you’re not sure how to do a satin stitch, watch this tutorial: How to do a Satin Stitch.

Step 4 – The Cranberry Stems

Using 1 strand of Anchor 889 (DMC 610) – Brown, fill in the cranberry stems and lavender-like stems using a stem stitch.

Step 5 – The Cranberry Leaves

Using 2 strands of Anchor 889 (DMC 610) – Brown, fill in the cranberry leaves with a satin stitch.

Step 6 – The Remaining Green Stems

Using 2 strands of Anchor 856 (DMC 370) – Green, fill in the remaining green stems with a back stitch. Watch this tutorial to learn how to do that: How to Back Stitch.

Step 7 – The Blue Leaves

Using 2 strands of Anchor 850 (DMC 926) – Blue, fill in the lavender-like flowers with a lazy daisy stitch. If you’ve never done one of this before, watch this tutorial: How to do a Lazy Daisy Stitch. Keep in mind that you are only doing two of the leaves in this colour, the one at the top and the one at the bottom.

Step 8 – The Yellow Leaves

Using 2 strands of Anchor 890 (DMC 729) – Yellow, fill in the remainder of the lavender-like flowers.

Step 9 – The Green Leaves

Using 2 strands of Anchor 856 (DMC 370) – Green, fill in the green leaves with a satin stitch.

Step 10 – The Cranberries

Last step! Using 2 strands of Anchor 22 (DMC 815) – Red, fill in the cranberries with a French knot. Watch this tutorial if you’ve never done that before: How to do a French Knot. Normally you would only wrap the thread around your needle once when you do a French Knot, but for the cranberries, wrap the thread around twice on a few of the cranberries to create a bit of dimension.

Step 11 – 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 12 – Finish 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. For this pattern, I was able to buy a circular frame from a local gift shop.

You’re All Set!

Yay, you’re done! I hope you had a great time stitching up this fall-themed Autumn stroll wreath embroidery pattern! Let me know in the comments what you plan to do with your finished piece!

Here’s how it looks in the circular frame. What do you think?

And one more so you really get an idea of what it looks like.

The PDF Pattern

Here you go:

Thanks for being here!