1 Cor 16:14 Floral Scripture Embroidery Pattern

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Today I’m excited to offer a brand new floral scripture embroidery pattern for free! It is inspired by 1 Cor 16:14, which says to do everything in love. This floral scripture embroidery pattern is a sweet reminder to approach all situations and people with the love of Christ in mind.

This is the 1st pattern in a series I’m simply calling “Love.” The second pattern can be found here: 1 John 4:19 Floral Scripture Embroidery Pattern – Friendstitch Embroidery

This pattern is super easy and whips up quite quickly – I estimate it took me about 4 hours to do. It would make a lovely gift for a friend, or you can stitch it for your own home as a little reminder to bring Christ’s love with you wherever you go.

Now, I have to confess that I made a terrible mistake while doing this pattern, and I honestly don’t even know how. At some point, I got the Bible reference mixed up and did the whole thing as 1 Cor 14:16, when it’s supposed to be 1 Cor 16:14! I literally only noticed as I sat down to write the whole thing out, so all the pictures are wrong. However, the change overall is really very minimal, so just ignore it in the pictures if you can and follow the pattern, which has now been corrected.

Without further ado, let’s get onto the tutorial.

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 349 (DMC 301) – Dark Orange
   Anchor 891 (DMC 676) – Dark Yellow
   Anchor 300 (DMC 745) – Light Yellow
   Anchor 276 (DMC 543) – Cream
   Anchor 900 (DMC 648) – Pale Green
   Anchor 858 (DMC 524) – Light Green
   Anchor 856 (DMC 370) – Dark Green
   Anchor 8581 (DMC 3022) – Teal Green

Here’s the pattern:

Step 1 – Trace the Pattern

Start by tracing your pattern onto your fabric. My favorite way to do it is by using your phone’s flashlight under a pan. There’s a bit more information in my first blog post here: Everything You Need to Know About Starting Your First Embroidery Project – Friendstitch Embroidery. Or, if your fabric is light enough, you can just place it on top of your printed pattern and trace from there. If you’re working with white fabric, there’s a good chance the latter method will work for you perfectly. Just make sure that your fabric is nice and snug in your hoop before you do it.

Step 2 – Make Some Roses

Using 6 strands of Anchor 891 (DMC 676) – Dark Yellow, make a woven wheel stitch for the main rose, then using 4 strands, do the same stitch for the two little ones pictured below. If you don’t know how to do a woven wheel stitch, watch this quick video by Cutesy Crafts: How to do a Woven Wheel Stitch.

Step 3 – Make Some More Roses

Using 5 strands of Anchor 300 (DMC 745) – Light Yellow, make a woven wheel stitch for these two roses:

Step 4 – You Guessed It, Make Some More Roses

Using 6 strands of Anchor 349 (DMC 301) – Dark Orange, make a woven wheel stitch for the 2 roses pictured below:

At this point, the colours are really starting to compliment each other and you’re starting to get excited about the end product – at least I was. Honestly, sometimes I feel like choosing colours is the hardest part of making a pattern. I may think the colours will go really well together. However, when they’re actually together on the fabric, sometimes I have to make changes because it just doesn’t look quite right. For this one, I felt like I had lucked out; I don’t normally make such good colour decisions!

Step 5 – Make the Leaves

Now comes one of my favourite parts – the leaves and stems! Once that green starts to frame the work, you know you’re getting somewhere. Using 6 strands of Anchor 8581 (DMC 3022) – Teal Green, make a fishbone stitch for all the leaves. If you don’t know how to do a fishbone stitch, watch this video by Cutesy Crafts: Embroider Leaves with the Fishbone Stitch. Fun fact, when I went to watch this video, I learned that I’ve been doing the stitch wrong for who knows how long. Oh well, such is life. Don’t be like me, watch the video and get it right the first time.

Step 6 – Make the Stems

Using 2 strands of Anchor 856 (DMC 370) – Dark Green, use a stem stitch for all the stems. Watch this video by Cutesy Crafts if you don’t know how to do that: How to Stem Stitch.

Step 7 – Make Some Little Flowers

Using 2 strands of Anchor 900 (DMC 648) – Pale Green, use a satin stitch to fill in the little green flowers. Here’s another video by Cutesy Crafts that shows you how to do a satin stitch: How to do a Satin Stitch.

Step 8 – Make Some More Little Flowers

Using 2 strands of Anchor 276 (DMC 543) – Cream, use a satin stitch with the other two little flowers. On a side note, I love Anchor 276 – it is such a great universal colour! It’s really useful when you want to add some contrast to your work, but you don’t want to introduce another colour that may clash with what you already have.

Step 9 – Finish the Little Flowers

Using 2 strands of Anchor 856 (DMC 370) – Dark Green, use a satin stitch to fill in the little balls where the flowers connect to the stems. I forgot to take a picture of just that step, oops. Using 2 strands of Anchor 300 (DMC 745) – Light Yellow, use a satin stitch to fill in the tiny little unblossomed flowers. Both steps are shown here:

Step 10 – Make the Printed Words

We’re almost there – all that’s left to do is the letters and the border! Using 4 strands of Anchor 856 (DMC 376) – Dark Green, use a backstitch to fill in the letters. Here’s how to do a backstitch by Cutesy Crafts: How to Back Stitch. As you go, make sure that your letters are all more less in line with each other. I found that the non-cursive letters were a bit tricky because they’re naturally so straight. If you don’t line them up properly, they end up looking wonky. Here’s a shining example of how to do it perfectly (I kid):

Ahem. Pay no mind to the extra outline in the word “DO” – I thought I would need to do the stitches a couple stitches thick but changed my mind. They were any eyesore the whole way through. Don’t be like me.

Step 11 – Make the Cursive Words

Using 4 strands of Anchor 856 (DMC 370) – Dark Green, use a backstitch to fill in the cursive letters. You will need to do each letter 4-6 stitches thick. Stagger your stitches by doing shorter and longer stitches to give it a more natural look. If you make each stitch the same length, it might look a bit more blocky and chunky. Using 2 strands of Anchor 856 (DMC 376) – Dark Green, use a backstitch to fill in the scripture reference. When you get to the colon, use a french knot. Here’s how to do it by Cutesy Crafts: How to do a French Knot.

Step 12 – Make the Border

Last step! Unfortunately, I once again forgot to take a photo. So sorry. Thankfully, it’s very simple. Using 6 strands of Anchor 856 (DMC 370) – Dark Green, use a running stitch to fill in the border. Watch this tutorial by Cutesy Crafts: How to do a Running Stitch.

Erasing the Pattern Outline

If you’re using a water soluble marker, wash the piece under a light stream of lukewarm water, and then let it dry overnight. I used to clip it up and let it hang dry, but sometimes that would cause certain dark colours to bleed. I’ve recently found out that after you’ve washed it, you can place it facedown onto a towel and let it dry that way.

If you’re using a heat erasable pen, you can just iron lightly over the stitches. If you have opportunity to get a heat erasable pen, I highly recommend that you do so. That way, you don’t have to wait for several hours for anything to dry. As well, if you’re like me and absolutely cannot do anything without some sort of pattern, a heat erasable pen allows you to erase your pattern and immediately re-do it if you made a mistake while tracing.

Finish the Back

Next, you’ll want to finish the back of the piece. If you’re keeping it in the hoop, I like to 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’re putting the piece in a frame, just cut a couple inches past your piece and then glue it to the glass part of your frame. If you do it this way, the back piece of the frame will cover up all the stitches and you don’t need to do anything fancy.

Here’s the piece with all the stitches done.

Isn’t it just so pretty? Don’t you agree that those colours go so well together? I really cannot claim to be any guru in this area, I just got lucky. I love how it’s so simple yet so beautiful with the fall colours.

So here we are, at the end of this free “Do Everything in Love” floral embroidery scripture pattern. I hope that you had a lovely time putting it together, and that as you or the recipient of the piece meditate on the meaning of the Bible verse, you’ll be inspired to always go out into the world with the love of Christ as your guide.

Have any thoughts about the pattern? Do you think different colours would work better? Was the pattern hard to follow? Do you have absolutely no comments because you know I’m a words of affirmation person and just need a “good job”? Let me know what you think of the floral scripture embroidery pattern in the comments!