Floral Embroidery Patterns: Free Simple Cosmo

There’s something extra special about stitching a flower you’ve grown yourself. This free floral embroidery patterns was inspired by a bloom straight from my garden—one I’ve watched grow from a tiny seed into something worth slowing down to admire. This was a first flower I grew from seed and it started my flower growing craze. I was just so shocked by how much joy I got from growing this flower that from then on I was hooked. Whether you’re new to embroidery or just looking for a relaxing project, this pattern is an easy way to bring a little piece of the garden into your hands. An example of the pattern is at the bottom of this post.

Supplies

4 inch hoop
Fabric
Scissors
Thread
Needle
Tracing paper or Stick N Stitch paper

Color Guide

725- Flower center
963- Main Flower Petals
605- Accent to petals (If I were to do it again I would pick a darker color)

Stitches

Statin stitch 
French knot
Straight Stitch

Satin Stitch

What it looks like: Smooth, filled-in areas (like coloring with thread)

How to do it:

1. Bring your needle up at the edge of the shape.
2. Push it straight down on the opposite edge.
3. Come back up right next to your first stitch.
4. Repeat—side by side—until the area is filled.

Think: straight lines going back and forth to “color in” a shape.

French Knot

What it looks like: Tiny raised dots

How to do it:

1. Bring your needle up through the fabric.
2. Wrap the thread around the needle 1–2 times.
3. Push the needle back down very close to where it came up.
4. Hold the thread tight and pull through slowly.

Think: twist, poke, pull = a little knot dot.

Step 1

Print out this pattern below on stick n stitch paper, or trace the pattern on your fabric. For beginners I like to use the stick n stitch paper. I purchased mine on amazon with the link HERE.

Step 2

Start with the center of the flower color 725 doing a french knot.

Step 3

Next complete each petal using color 963 and a satin stitch. 

Step 4

End with adding the accent color 605 in a straight stich

That’s it! I hope you like this cute little embroidery pattern. This is just the beginning to many more free floral embroidery patterns. It was so fun to incorporate my garden into my crafts, and I am not hooked on it. There will definitely be more to come! I think next I will do a sunflower. What do you think? Or I could make a design full of flowers of my favorite people’s birth flower. Or make a new one each summer that represents each garden year? So many ideas, and too little time! In the mean time you might enjoy all of these flower coloring pages I have made HERE

As always,

Grow flowers to heal your soul

Beth