Forest Wreath Circle Frame Embroidery Design, Pine Tree Wreath Pattern

She told me last christmas she nearly passed this one over because she thought single-colour designs were boring, then she stitched it out on raw linen and completely changed her mind. The forest wreath design is a full circle but it splits into two distinct zones. The upper three-quarters is dense botanical stuff, long oval leaves and round berry clusters layered together in that classic wreath ring. Then as you get to the bottom third the border opens up and instead of more leaves theres a row of pine tree silhouettes packed side by side, taller in the middle, shorter at the edges, all in that negative-space style where the fabrics own colour shows as the sky between branches.

Tape a piece of medium-weight cutaway behind the base fabric before hooping. Its only one thread colour but the stitch count climbs to about thirty thousand at the largest size and you dont want the circle pulling out of round. That said it stitches really efficiently, theres no colour changes so you can set it going and step away. The leaf fill uses a mix of satin and fill stitches so the texture varies across the wreath and doesnt look flat. Use a thin topper on anything with a nap so the leaf detail doesnt sink in.

Try it in dark navy on cream, burgundy on taupe, or a deep teal on a grey canvas bag. It doesnt have to be green. Five sizes from about 3.5 inches square to just over 7.5 inches, so itll scale from a small zip pouch front to a full cushion cover without losing the pine tree detail. Looks a lot like a linoprint at most colour combinations.