Rosette of Thorns


Rosette of Thorns is also known as

Festón ondulado [ES], Point de grébiche dégradé [FR], Zacken-langettenstich [DE],  Punto festone irregolare [IT].


How to do the Rosette of Thorns

Rosette of thorns is a decorative variation of Blanket Stitch. It is a fine example of how Blanket Stitches can be varied in length and angles to make different effects.

Fig 1: We begin like we would the Blanket Stitch. The only change would be in the angles and the length variations of each stitch. Follow the alphabets for the sequence. After a series of five stitches, we give a gap and move to a similar sequence of five more stitches.Fig 2: A finished portion of the stitch would look like this. This can be topped with stitches like the french knots or oyster stitch.

17 Responses

  1. R
    Rye says:

    Hello,

    Beautiful stitching. I am trying to work this stitch on the edge of a single piece of fabric ( handkerchief ) . I cant sort out how to add thread when I run out .

    Thanks !

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    Priyadarshini says:

    i love this site,thank u for your valuable tutorial i also learn that it is so easy and cute. Thank u so much sarah.

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    ruhee says:

    Hi Sarah your website is very informative and interesting after visiting your site i feel like restarting embroidery. hope you will help me with this .want to know what can you do with canvas and where can you use it..Thanks.

  4. maureen says:

    hello there, thanks for sharing all this tutorial. i’ve been looking all around the internet and found your site.

    it’s the most clear tutorial ever, and its easy to understand for beginner ( and really don’t know anything about stitches).

    thank you very much!

    p.s. : i would be happy to buy your books if you have it, is it already published? thanks again 😀

    • sarah says:

      Dear Maureen,

      Thank you very much.

      Yes, we are working on a book right now, slow though. Will let you know once the book is done. 🙂

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    shamima khan nancy says:

    how did u learn this embroydary..?they r awesome..!

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    Tuli says:

    Hey Sara,

    Thx for this wonderful site…your work is just great…I have a request..if you can post something in form of a project like cushion covers etc including the designs and the details of the stitches that can be done on it..

    Tuli 🙂

    • sarah says:

      Dear Tuli,

      Thanks for the suggestion. At the moment, I am not sure how soon I can post a project like that since I have many other projects in hand already to finish and it is goign slow with the arrival of our new born daughter. But, I keep your request in mind and will try to work on it. 🙂

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    Bonnie J. Cantrell says:

    I tried to subscribe to on the button on the top right but it does not take me to subscribe but just puts a jumbled mess on my screen. I there a problem?

    I love your instructions for the stitches. Thank you.

  8. j
    jayanthi says:

    Superb site! Very clear and precise instructions. Congratulations and thank you for this lovely site!

  9. c
    charu says:

    hi mam,
    mam can u send me some people who knows embroidery. i m jst started my boutiqe in thane. and i want emb worker so can u sugges those people.

    thanks mam

    • sarah says:

      Hello Charu,

      Sorry that I cannot help you since I do not have any embrodiery worker with me. I only run embroidery tutorials and classes, especially for young learners.

      Best wishes for your boutique. 🙂

      I will contact you in case I am able to find a good talent for you.

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    mslmg says:

    FINALLY! A site i can understand. Thank you.

  11. Hi Sarah,
    I love this site.

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