Floral Pumpkin

To celebrate autumn, I wanted to interpret this pretty pumpkin blossom design in embroidery.

This delicate design inspired me to create a cheerful, luminous embroidery, mixing reds, golds, and ochres to prolong the season’s light a little longer.

The pattern needed to make this pumpkin can be downloaded HERE.

I stitched my pumpkin on pale green linen using cotton threads; the finished piece measures about 10 × 10 cm. To bring it to life, I chose simple yet varied stitches that add both texture and lightness to the embroidery.

Here’s the list: blanket stitch, satin stitch, straight stitch, French knots, stem stitch, lazy daisy stitch, fly stitch, and fishbone stitch.

The motifs are worked with one or two strands of thread, depending on their size and the desired delicacy or density of the effect.

Here are the threads I used to make this embroidery.

They make up a warm palette, dominated by reds and golds, enhanced by a few deep greens to balance the whole.

Stranded DMC cotton

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House of Embroidery stranded cotton

Here are a few close-ups of the embroidery, which allow you to locate the use of the different stitches and color nuances in greater detail.

These photos are intended as a guide for those who will be making this pumpkin, both in terms of stitch selection and color placement, but I recommend taking advantage of such a whimsical design to create your own personal interpretation, true to your own creativity.

Here are the threads I used to embroider the outlines of this pumpkin.

They are made using juxtaposed stem stitch rows with two strands of cotton. I placed two rows of the darkest color on the inside of the floral motif, then added one row with the medium color, and finished with one row in the light color on the outside.

DMC stranded cotton

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And finally, here is a close-up of the top of the pumpkin. 

The central part of the stem is made using long and short stitch with a thread and its edges using stem stitches juxtaposed like the other contours. The floral part is made in the same spirit as the interior motifs.