“Happiness held is the seed , Happiness shared is the flower”- John Harrigan

What a lovely quote don’t you agree?

I am always enamored by the flowers I see! Growing up in South India , we always adorn flowers in our hair! The heady fragrance of the jasmine was enough to soothe me when I was anxious! Not any jasmine but a variety called jathi Malli (in Tamil) or spanish jasmine! The flower has a touch of pink and blooms only in the evenings! We also used to wear flowers like the kankambaram (again a Tamil name) or tropical flame or firecracker flower!

These days I prefer to enjoy my flowers on the plant and using them for prayers! The pink hibiscus is the one that blooms consistently at my home!

So naturally when the desire to design something quick and easy arises , I always think of flowers or floral motifs! I am very fond of these three flowers that my daughter designed for the magazine that we self published in 2021! We had to take a break from continuing the magazine due to personal reasons but we are happy to share some of the designs for free on the blog! You can also find a PDF file in our Ravelry and Payhip Store for a small fee!

These flowers are worked with embroidery thread and 2 mm crochet hook. You use all 6 strands of the embroidery thread held together.

Let’s get started with the pattern shall we?…

Triflora Appliques

Materials: Anchor embroidery thread – 3 skeins
Hook: 2 mm
Gauge: 2 rows of 10dc = 1” x 1”
Finished size: 1.5 – 2.25” diameter
Stitches and Abbreviations:
Sp – space
Ch – chain
DC – double crochet
Beg – beginning
SC – single crochet
Fpsc – front post sc
Bpsc – back post sc
HDC – half double crochet
DC – double crochet
FLO – front loop only
BLO – back loop only
Picot – ch3, sl st into top of st just made
Difficulty: Intermediate
Notes: ch3 is counted as first dc
Ch1 does not count as first st

Pattern Instructions
Sunflower
Round 1: With brown embroidery thread, In a magic circle, ch1, 12sc in the ring, pull ring closed, join with sl st to beg sc, fasten off – 12sc.

Round 2: Join yellow thread with sl st in FLO of any st, ch4, sc in second ch from hook, hdc in 3rd ch from hook, dc in 4th ch from hook, sl st into next sc of round 1 – 1st petal made. Repeat from * to * for each sc around, join with sl st to base of beg petal, fasten off – 12 petals.

Round 3: Join orange thread with sl st in BLO of any st of round 1, ch1, sc in same st, ch3, (sc in BLO of next st, ch3)around, join with sl st to beg sc – 12sc 12 ch3 spaces

Round 4: Sl st into next ch sp, ch4, sc in second ch from hook, hdc in 3rd ch from hook, dc in 4th ch from hook, sl st into next ch3 of round 3 – 1st petal made. Repeat from * to * for each ch3 sp around, join with sl st to base of beg petal, fasten off – 12 petals

Daisy
Round 1: With yellow embroidery thread, in a magic circle,ch1, 12dc in the ring, pull ring closed, join with sl st to beg dc, fasten off – 12dc.

Round 2: Join white thread with sl st in FLO of any st. Ch1, fpsc in same st, ch6, sl st in FLO of next st repeat from * to * around, join with sl st to beg sc, fasten off – 12 fpsc, 12 sl st, 12 ch6 spaces.

Round 3: Join ivory thread with sl st in blo of any st of round 1, ch1, bpsc in same st, ch8, sl st in BLO of next st repeat from * to * around, join with sl st to beg sc, fasten off – 12 bpsc, 12 sl st, 12 ch8 spaces.

Marigold
Round 1: With yellow embroidery thread, in a magic circle,ch1, 15dc in the ring, pull ring closed, join with sl st to beg dc – 15dc.

Round 2: ch1, fpsc in same st, picot, ch1, fpsc in next st, picot, ch1 repeat from * to * around, join with sl st to beg fpsc, fasten off – 15 picots,15 sc, 15 ch1 space

Round 3: Join golden with sl st in FLO of any st, sc in same st, picot, ch1, sc in FLO of next st, picot, ch1 repeat from * to * around, join with sl st to beg sc, fasten off – 15 picots, 15sc, 15 ch1spaces.

Round 4: Join orange with sl st in BLO of any st. Sc in same st, picot, ch1, sc in BLO of next st, picot, ch1 repeat from * to * around, join with sl st to beg sc, fasten off – 15 picots, 15sc, 15 ch1.

Weave in the ends and use these as you wish! We made one in pink and attached it to a beanie!

You could also glue those tiny round magnets to the wrong side and use them as fridgies! The possibilities are endless!

I do hope you enjoy making these flowers in all possible colours and give a lovely makeover to your work!