Retro inspired flower pattern

Remember the flowers from the 70’s with the bright yellow, orange, and green? I wanted to play around with the idea of drawing a simple flower that was something out of the 70’s but had a more modern updated feel to it. This is what I ended up with (see photo below).

The French knots in the center are cream in color, and it’s surrounded by long stitches, and satin stitching. I had fun stitching this pattern and I hope you will too. As always feel free to change up the colors, stitches, etc. Make it your own creation. Then tag me on Instagram so I can see what you created from it.

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The materials you need are:

• DMC 3706 Pink 
• DMC 3866 Off white
• DMC 815 Maroon
• Embroidery hoop
• Muslin, or your choice of fabric
• Fabric scissors
• Embroidery scissors
• Embroidery needle
• Embroidery transfer pen (I love these)
• Light box or sunny window

Instructions for getting the pattern onto the fabric:

• Save PDF pattern (below)
• Print PDF pattern in the size you want (i.e. – 8×10, 5×7, 4×6, etc.) (I printed this one on “4×6) More on that here.)
• Tape pattern to the light box or sunny window
• Tape the fabric you want to stitch on over the pattern, being careful to center your design
• With embroidery pens, trace all lines onto the fabric
• Carefully remove tape from the fabric and pattern
• Place fabric in hoop and stitch

If you need help resizing the PDF patterns, here’s a tutorial.

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