5TH Avenue - Floral Bardot in Anchor - Downloadable PDF

5th Avenue Floral Bardot Embroidery Pattern by Anchor – Free Downloadable PDF

This free downloadable PDF embroidery pattern from Anchor (design number 0022174-00000-01, published by MEZ GmbH, 2018) guides you through embroidering a beautiful floral trail design onto a bardot top. Designed under the Lovely Sensibility collection and available via AnchorCrafts.com, this project is rated Intermediate to Advanced difficulty and is a wonderful way to transform a plain bardot top into a stunning, hand-embroidered garment.

What Is Being Made

The finished project is a bardot top embellished with a repeating floral trail pattern worked along the frill of the garment. The floral trail motif is traced horizontally across the frill and repeated until the entire frill is covered, both front and back. The repeat unit measures 3.7 cm x 14.1 cm, and the pattern is designed to be evenly spaced around the full circumference of the frill for a polished, professional finish.

Techniques and Stitches Used

This is a freestyle embroidery project, meaning the stitches are worked directly onto a fabric garment rather than on a counted canvas or hoop fabric. The pattern uses two key embroidery stitches:

• Lazy Daisy Stitch – used to create the individual flower petals throughout the floral trail motif. Lazy daisy stitch, also known as detached chain stitch, forms each petal as a small looped chain anchored at its tip, giving flowers a soft, organic appearance ideal for botanical embroidery designs.
• Stem Stitch – used for all remaining elements of the design, including stems and trailing details. Stem stitch is a classic outline stitch worked by overlapping stitches at a slight angle, producing a smooth, rope-like line that is perfect for curved stems and delicate floral trails.

Applying the Pattern to the Garment

The PDF includes guidance on tracing the floral trail pattern onto the frill of the bardot top. The pattern is applied horizontally and repeated to fill the frill evenly. The instructions reference tips for applying patterns to garments, which is an important step in freestyle garment embroidery, as working on a stretchy or structured fabric requires careful preparation to ensure the design transfers cleanly and sits correctly once stitched.

Materials Required

• Anchor Pearl Cotton Art. Nr. 4591008 – specifically Anchor Pearl Cotton No. 8, with one skein required per shade listed in the pattern. Pearl cotton is a twisted, lustrous thread that produces a beautifully defined stitch with a subtle sheen, making it especially well-suited to decorative embroidery on garments.
• A bardot top – the base garment onto which the embroidery is applied.
• Embroidery needle appropriate for pearl cotton thread.
• Pattern tracing tools as referenced in the PDF tips section.

Skill Level and Suitability

Rated Intermediate to Advanced, this pattern is best suited to embroiderers who are already comfortable with basic freestyle stitches and have some experience working directly on garments. The challenge lies in evenly spacing the repeating motif around the full frill and maintaining consistent stitch tension on a fabric that may have some give or structure. That said, the two stitches used — lazy daisy and stem stitch — are well-established techniques that confident beginners may also wish to attempt with practice.

About the Brand

This pattern is designed and published by Anchor, a globally recognised embroidery thread brand known for high-quality threads and clearly presented craft patterns. The pattern is produced by MEZ GmbH and is available as a free downloadable PDF, making it an accessible starting point for anyone wishing to explore garment embroidery using Anchor Pearl Cotton threads.