Sakura Tree Embroidery Decoration Tutorial

Oh, cherry blossoms! I just love them and everything they represent. I know we’re fast approaching winter, but there is no right season to bring a bit of optimism and renewal into our hearts and homes! Same as my other Flower Bouquet pattern, the Sakura tree embroidery project will not only brighten up your spirit, but when done stitching it you will be the master of French Knots!

Let me show you how I embroidered this adorable pattern using just a few basic stitches easy to learn for everyone. This is a repetitive pattern, great if you’re looking to zone out and detach from the daily stress.

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Overview

PROJECT SIZE: 11cm x 7.5cm (4.3 x 3in)

STITCHES USED: Straight Stitch, French Knot

The hero stitch of this pattern is the French Knot stitch. You’ll only need a few supplies and it doesn’t take too much time to stitch eighter. Once embroidered, you can frame it, you can use a mini easel for display, or you can hang the hoop decoration in any room of your home.

Let me know if you try this project! Leave a comment, join my Facebook Group, and don’t forget to tag a photo #makenstitch on Instagram. Happy stitching, friends!

Tools and Materials

Let’s have a look at the tools and materials you will need in order to stitch the Sakura Tree Pattern.

• Sakura Tree embroidery pattern – the pattern is free for personal use and available to download from my Free Pattern Library
• 100% Cotton or Linen blend fabric
• Embroidery hoop 6 inch or 8 inch – for stitching and display
• Stone TH Led Light Pad – lightbox for tracing the pattern onto fabric
• Staedtler Pigment Liner 003, HB Pencil or erasable pen – for tracing the pattern
• DMC Embroidery Needles – size 5-7 or Miliners – size 1-3
• DMC threads as mentioned below – Anchor conversion chart provided
• Sharp Embroidery Scissors – for cutting the thread
• Sharp Tailor Scissors – for cutting your fabric
• (Optional) Purelight magnifying light – it will make stitching a lot easier
• (Optional) Iron – to remove any fabric creases
• (Optional) HP ENVY Photo 6230 Printer – for printing your pattern
• (Optional) Zig Zag Scissors – for preventing fabric from fraying
• (Optional) Sticky roller – for cleaning the fabric when done

Preparing Your Fabric

Before tracing the pattern cut your fabric into a 10inch (25cm) square. I normally wash and iron it to remove any creases, without using the steam function.

TIP: In order to prevent the fabric from fraying, cut your fabric using a Dressmaking Zig Zag Scissors.

Download the Sakura Tree Embroidery Pattern

Download the Sakura Tree pattern from my Free Pattern Library. To get access to the Free Pattern Library fill out the form below and I will send you an email with your password. You can read more about my Free Pattern Library here.

Once you have downloaded the patterns, print them on A4 paper.

The patterns you have downloaded are full size, so when printed on the A4 paper they will have the exact size to fit into a 6 inch or 8 inch hoop.

You just need to have the Fill Entire Paper option selected.

I am using the HP ENVY Photo 6230 Printer, and I absolutely love it and recommend it to everyone. I use it heavily for printing my business cards, brochures, iron-on transfer sheets, photos, and of course the embroidery patterns.

I believe it’s the most economical printer on the market. I never have to worry my ink is running low and never had any issues with it.

Note: If you do not own a printer, you can just trace the pattern on A4 paper, then trace it onto your fabric using one of the methods explained below.

Transferring the Pattern onto the Fabric

My favorite method for tracing patterns onto fabric is by hand, using a Lightbox under the fabric and the pattern design. I find this as the fastest manual tracing method. I am using the Stone TH Led Light Pad for tracing all my patterns onto light fabrics.

To transfer the Sakura Tree pattern manually using a lightbox, you can use this simple method:

Print your pattern. If you don’t own a printer, you can trace the pattern onto a piece of tracing paper.

Plugin and turn on the Stone TH Led Light Pad

Place the printed pattern on the lightbox, then place your fabric on top of the pattern

Secure your fabric with masking tape

Trace the pattern. When tracing the pattern you can use an erasable or washable tracing pen, a HB pencil or a fine tip pigment liner (permanent). I prefer using the Staedtler Pigment Liner 003 because it has an incredible fine tip. Although it’s permanent, the tip is so fine that you won’t see it anyway after you stitch on top of it.

Color Palette and Thread List

I stitched this pattern using a Violet colored theme, trying to match real-life cherry blossoms. Alternating between a few shades of Violet creates the illusion of depth and a gorgeous Sakura Tree thread art.

For the entire work, I used DMC stranded cotton. I order my threads from Lovecrafts and look how cute the threads were posted. Like a jewelry box, or a chocolate box! Love it!

If you wish to create your own color palettes you can have a look at other Color Palettes I created for your inspiration.

It’s your choice if you prefer another thread brand, I usually use DMC or Anchor, both manufacturers offer good-quality stranded cotton in a wide variety of colors. If your brand of choice is DMC, please use the thread colors below. I also included a conversion chart DMC to Anchor and DMC to HEX RGB (in case you decide to use the pattern for digital display works).

NOTE: Please bear in mind that a perfect color match between brands is not really possible.

DMC STRANDED COTTON

Violet Very Light	Violet Light	Violet	Cocoa	Beige Brown Very Dark
153	554	553	3860	838

ANCHOR STRANDED COTTON

342	96	98	379	1088

RGB VALUES

If you plan to use this color palette for digital display works (TV, computer, tablet or smartphone) use the RGB HEX values from the chart below.

#E6CCD9	#DBB3CB	#A3638B	#7D5D57	#594937

More Color Palettes You’ll Love

• Botanical Butterfly Stitch Color Palette
• Red Fox Stitch Color Palette
• Papilio Ulysses Stitch Color Palette
• Yellow Butterfly Stitch Color Palette

Stitching the Pattern

For the entire work use all 6 strands of thread.

TRUNK & BRANCHES: Fill the trunk and branches with Straight Stitch using DMC 838 (Beige Brown Very Dark)

TRUNK: Fill a few details with Straight Stitch using DMC 3860 (Cocoa)

CROWN: Fill the crown with French Knots alternating between DMC 553 (Violet), DMC 554 (Violet Light), and DMC 153 (Violet Very Light)

TIP: Key when stitching the Sakura tree pattern is to use the dark Violet shade close to the center and the tree branches – this area doesn’t get too much light in real life so we’re trying to mimic that, use the lightest Violet shade towards the extremities – where the light hits the tree crown and scatter in between French Knots using the medium Violet.

Keep filling the crown with French Knots until you’re happy with the result. Remember to alternate between the shades and take frequent breaks.

I would love to see your progress and color combinations! Tag @makenstitch on Instagram and hashtag it #makenstitch so I can see your magic!

Finishiong Your Embroidery

Just one more step before you can show off your beautiful creation. At this point, it’s up to you how you would like to display your embroidered pattern.

You could take out your embroidery and frame it using any photo frame or you can leave it in the hoop you stitched it in and just finish the back of your hoop.

The easiest method for finishing the back of your hoop is to use the Drawstring method.

Congratulations! You have successfully completed this tutorial!

I really hope you enjoyed this tutorial and please let me know in the comments below if you have any questions or suggestions about stitching the Sakura Tree pattern.

If you’re looking for more flower inspiration, don’t miss out on the flower coloring pages article. Even though they’re not exactly embroidery patterns, you can totally tweak them for cool embroidery hand embroidery projects.

You can download the Sakura Tree embroidery pattern from my Free Pattern Library. To get access to the Free Pattern Library fill out the form below and I will send you an email with your password.

The downloaded pattern can only be used for personal projects. You can read more about my Free Pattern Library here. Happy stitching!

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