The rose stitch, also known as woven wheel rose stitch, spider web rose stitch, or woven wheel stitch, is a versatile embroidery stitch. To learn how to master a 3d rose stitch, watch the step-by-step video tutorial or refer to the illustrated guide. Additionally, you can find a practice project to further enhance your skills in using the rose stitch.
This stitch is therapeutic for creating circular raised patterns resembling a rose. It looks excellent individually or when placed in groups to create beautiful designs.
You can easily create a practice template using scrap paper, such as the back of an envelope or the top of a cereal box. Sketch the circle template below and use it to practice the stitch.
Rose Stitch Embroidery Tutorial
Take a strand of yarn approx 40cm long and knot one end. Thread your needle and pierce through the back of a circle through the centre (A).
Following the illustrations to create the foundation of your rose or spokes of your wheel.
Note that woven roses always need an odd number of spokes to work!
Finish the foundation shape of your rose and bring your needle to the front by piercing through the paper from the back. Ensure to pierce the paper about 0.25cm away from A. Then weave under and over the roses foundation in a circular fashion.
Keep weaving round and round! Once complete, tuck your needle under the woven stitches and pierce through the back of the paper. This will allow you to jump across to centre A to start the next rose/ wheel and repeat!
Practice – Projects Using Rose Stitch
The rose stitch is a visually intricate stitch that may seem complex at first glance, but it is actually quite simple to create. Here are three enjoyable projects that utilize this stitch, allowing you to showcase its beauty and elegance.
- Advent Calendar – Embroider a rose bauble to an advent calendar for each day of advent.
- Chistmas Cards – Embroider the baubles to these tree cards. Each card kraft paper card used vegetable-based inks in the printing process.
- Owl Embroidery – Try this stitch at the centre of the owls’ eyes. The eyes are a five spoke wheel.
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Contempfleury is the studio of artist Leah Nikolaou. Trained in Constructed Textiles at The Royal College Of Art in London, Leah has a wide collection of embroidery stitched into paper. Be inspired by her pressed flower art collection, which showcases her hand embroidery skills.
