Anchor Floral Wreath - ANC0003-30 - Downloadable PDF

Anchor Floral Wreath Embroidery Pattern (ANC0003-30) by Ana Neves

The Anchor Floral Wreath is a beautifully detailed hand embroidery design created by designer Ana Neves and published by Anchor. Available as a free downloadable PDF, this intermediate-level pattern guides embroiderers through the creation of a lush, circular floral wreath worked on linen fabric and displayed in a classic wooden hoop. The finished piece measures 6 inches in diameter, making it an ideal decorative hoop art project suitable for home display or gifting.

What Is Being Made

The finished project is a 6-inch floral wreath worked in hand embroidery on 100% linen fabric, mounted and presented in a 6-inch wooden hoop. The wreath design features an arrangement of flowers, leaves, and botanical elements worked in a rich palette of Anchor Stranded Cotton thread colours. The completed hoop can be finished with felt fabric on the back and decorated with a cotton lace ribbon or bow for a polished, gift-ready appearance.

Skill Level and Who This Pattern Is For

This pattern is rated intermediate in difficulty. It is best suited to embroiderers who are already comfortable with basic hand embroidery and are ready to expand their repertoire with more expressive and dimensional stitches. Beginners who have some experience with simple stitches may also find this an achievable and rewarding challenge with a little practice.

Stitches Used

The Anchor Floral Wreath pattern incorporates a varied and satisfying selection of hand embroidery stitches, each chosen to bring different floral and foliage elements to life with texture and dimension:

• Steam stitch – used to create flowing stems and curved linear elements throughout the wreath
• French knot – a classic embroidery stitch that creates small, raised dots, perfect for flower centres, berries, and textural detail
• Lazy-Daisy stitch – also known as the detached chain stitch, this technique forms individual petal and leaf shapes with a simple looped motion
• Woven wheel – a dimensional stitch that builds up a full, rounded rose-like flower by weaving thread over and under a foundation of straight stitches, creating beautiful raised blooms
• Tulip stitch – used to render stylised tulip flower shapes within the wreath composition

Together, these stitches create a varied surface texture that gives the finished wreath a lively, three-dimensional quality typical of contemporary botanical embroidery.

Techniques Used

Working with Anchor Stranded Cotton, embroiderers will practise the technique of separating strands from the 8-metre skein to achieve the correct thread weight for each stitch — the pattern specifies working with 3 strands throughout. The design is transferred to the linen fabric using a Pilot Frixion Ball pen, a popular heat-erasable tool widely used in embroidery to create clean, removable pattern lines. The fabric is then mounted in the wooden hoop before stitching begins, keeping the linen taut and even throughout the embroidery process.

Materials Required

• Anchor Stranded Cotton 8m skeins – the following colours are required:
  • #00893, #00894, #00128, #00144, #00874, #00002, #00843, #00845, #00846
• 100% linen fabric – the ground fabric for the embroidery
• 6-inch wooden hoop – used both as an embroidery frame during stitching and as the display mount for the finished piece
• Long embroidery needle, size 9 – recommended for working with stranded cotton on linen
• Pilot Frixion Ball pen – for transferring the design onto the fabric
• Felt fabric – used to finish the back of the hoop neatly
• Cotton lace ribbon or bow – for decorative finishing of the completed hoop

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