Christmas wreath with a red bow
- Easy
- 56×57 stitches
- 4 DMC colors
- ≈ 4 skeins
- Aida 14: 10.2×10.3 cm
An evergreen wreath with gold leaves, red berries and a big red bow. The center stays empty, ready for a name or a date.
- Size
- 56×57
- Stitches
- 1,738
- DMC colors
- 4
- Skeins
- ≈ 4
- Level
- Easy
- Time
- ≈ 17 hours
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Colors
- 500 Blue Green Very Dark×608
- 347 Salmon Very Dark×557
- 911 Emerald Green Medium×366
- 19 Autumn Gold medium Light×207
Christmas wreath with a red bow pattern: description
Where do you start on this wreath?
Start with the bow. The exact middle of the chart falls in the empty opening, so there is nothing to stitch at the center point. Count down from the middle of your fabric to the knot of the bow and put your first stitches there in DMC 347. The bow is the largest shape on the design and sits right on the vertical axis, which gives every leaf a fixed reference afterwards.
Stay with the red for the berries: one at the top, one on each side and a pair at lower right. Those two touch and merge on the chart, so count them as a single shape. Dark green 500 comes next, the biggest color at 608 stitches, followed by medium green 911. Leave the three gold leaves in DMC 19 for last, since pale thread stays cleaner once the dark areas are anchored.
What is easy here, and what needs care?
The leaves are broad, the fills are solid and every stitch is a full cross, which makes this a calm Christmas cross stitch pattern, about 17 hours in all. Slow down at the leaf tips on the outer edge. They narrow in small steps, and one miscounted square changes the outline, so check each tip against the chart before moving to the next leaf.
Which fabric works, and what goes in the center?
The cloth around the leaves and inside the ring stays bare, so its color is part of the picture. Gold leaves stand out more on white and look softer on cream. Red fabric would hide the bow and green fabric would hide half the leaves.
A short name or a year fits inside the opening. Sketch the letters on graph paper, center them, and stitch them in the dark green or the red from the same skeins. A short family name makes it a door decoration, and a year turns it into a keepsake for a baby's first Christmas. With nothing in the middle the wreath still looks finished, and it can stay in a small hoop on the wall or on the tree.
The main colours are DMC 500 Blue Green Very Dark (35%), DMC 347 Salmon Very Dark (32%), and DMC 911 Emerald Green Medium (21%). On 14-count Aida it comes out at 10.2×10.3 cm, on 18-count at 7.9×8 cm. You'll need about 4 skeins of DMC floss.
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- Where to start
- the centre: stitch 28, row 29
- Stitched area
- 10.2×10.3 cm on Aida 14
- Aida 14 to buy
- 20×20 cm
- Chart pages in the PDF
- 1 colour + 1 b/w
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DMC floss for the Christmas wreath with a red bow pattern
Tick the threads you already have at home.
| I have it | Color | DMC | Name | Stitches | Skeins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| symbol ■ | 500 | Blue Green Very Dark | 60835% | 1 | |
| symbol □ | 347 | Salmon Very Dark | 55732% | 1 | |
| symbol ▲ | 911 | Emerald Green Medium | 36621.1% | 1 | |
| symbol △ | 19 | Autumn Gold medium Light | 20711.9% | 1 |
- 500 Blue Green Very Dark1 skein
- 347 Salmon Very Dark1 skein
- 911 Emerald Green Medium1 skein
- 19 Autumn Gold medium Light1 skein
Every DMC thread color with its number — in the palette
The Christmas wreath with a red bow pattern by zones
It's easier to stitch in parts: here is what each third of the height holds.
Toprows 1–19
541 stitches · 31%
- DMC 500 · 48% Blue Green Very Dark
- DMC 19 · 23% Autumn Gold medium Light
- DMC 911 · 19% Emerald Green Medium
Middlerows 20–38
545 stitches · 31%
- DMC 911 · 37% Emerald Green Medium
- DMC 500 · 34% Blue Green Very Dark
- DMC 347 · 16% Salmon Very Dark
Bottomrows 39–57
652 stitches · 38%
- DMC 347 · 64% Salmon Very Dark
- DMC 500 · 25% Blue Green Very Dark
- DMC 911 · 9% Emerald Green Medium
The Christmas wreath with a red bow pattern on different fabric
| Fabric | Embroidery | Inches | Fabric with margin | Strands | Needle |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aida 11 | 12.9×13.2 cm | 5.1×5.2″ | 23×23 cm | 3 strands | size 22 |
| Aida 14 | 10.2×10.3 cm | 4×4.1″ | 20×20 cm | 2 strands | size 24 |
| Aida 16 | 8.9×9 cm | 3.5×3.6″ | 19×19 cm | 2 strands | size 26 |
| Aida 18 | 7.9×8 cm | 3.1×3.2″ | 18×18 cm | 2 strands | size 26 |
How to stitch the Christmas wreath with a red bow pattern in 4 steps
Prepare the fabric
Cut Aida 14 to 20×20 cm: 5 cm of margin on every side.
Sort the threads
The pattern uses 4 DMC colors: lay the skeins out by the numbers in the table above.
Start in the centre
Find the middle of the fabric and of the chart: the PDF marks the centre with arrows on the page edges.
Mark your progress
Cross off finished areas on the printout, or open the PDF in Pattern Keeper.
Questions about the Christmas wreath with a red bow pattern
4 DMC colors, about 4 skeins in all, stitched with 2 strands on 14-count Aida.
56×57 stitches: 10.2×10.3 cm on 14-count Aida, 7.9×8 cm on 18-count.
For Aida 14, a piece of 20×20 cm: the design plus 5 cm on every side for the hoop and framing.
The pattern has 1,738 stitches — roughly 17 hours at 100 stitches an hour.
Yes. The symbols in the PDF are text, so Pattern Keeper reads the chart and the legend.
Yes, in the PatternHoop editor: upload a photo, pick the size and the number of colours, and the pattern is ready in a second, for free.
