Doily with Rose Embroidery and Crocheted Borders

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This tutorial shows how to make a doily with a rose embroidery design in the center and crocheted borders around the edge. You will learn the steps to embroider the rose pattern on fabric and add the crochet trim to finish the piece. Crochet instructions are included for the borders. The finished doily makes a nice addition to any table or shelf.

This project combines crochet and machine embroidery. We used the round design from the Rose Panel Set.

The finished size of the doily is about 13" in diameter.

Doily with white canvas center and rose embroidery with crocheted lilac borders.

You will need :

embroidery threads either polyester or rayon;
light-colored fabric for embroidery (we recommend dense-woven medium-weight fabric such as cotton canvas, medium-weight linen, or medium-weight poly-linen blends);
medium-weight cut-away embroidery stabilizer;
polyester craft felt;
worsted-weight cotton yarn (we used Peaches-and-Cream);
3mm - 3.25 mm crochet hook;
hole puncher for leather (affiliate link);
temporary fabric adhesive.

Embroidery and Preparing the Center of the Doily:

Upload the file of the round design from the Rose Panel Set into your embroidery machine.
Stabilize the fabric with medium-weight cut-away stabilizer. Hoop the fabric tightly and embroider the design.

Stitch-out of the one-color rose design on a piece of white canvas.

Cut out the stitch-out panel leaving about 1/4" margins.

Stitch-out of the one-color rose design on a piece of white canvas. The stitch-out cut along the borders.

Spray the back of the stitch-out with a temporary adhesive and place it over a piece of polyester felt. Follow the instructions of the adhesive manufacturer to let the embroidery adhere to the felt.

Cut away the felt following the edge of the stitch-out.

Stitch-out and felt cut out along the borders.

Punch holes along the edges in the places marked by running stitches.

Hopes punched along the borders of the stitch-out.

Crocheting the Borders:

Prepare yarn and crochet hook. Remove the cut threads from and between the holes.

To continue, please note the abbreviation terms used below:
sl. st. - slip stitch
yo - yarn over,
ch - chain,
sc - single crochet,
dc - double crochet,
V-st - V stitch - here (dc, ch1, dc) in the same stitch,
ch-1-sp - chain one space, chain made between the legs of the V-stitch.

Round 1: With embroidery facing, insert the hook in the first hole, yo, pull yarn through the hole as a loop, leaving about 2"-3" length of yarn end behind the work, one loop on hook. Insert the hook in the next hole, yo, pull yarn through hole as a loop, 2 loops on the hook. YO, pull yarn through both loops on the hook.
Repeat around keeping the end of the yarn between the stitches on the back. Finish the row with slip stitch into the first loop.

The first round crocheted around the stitch-out.

Round 2: ch1, sc in each stitch around. Join with slip stitch.
Round 3: ch4 (counts as 1 dc and ch1), dc in the same st, *skip the next sc, V-st in the next sc - repeat from * around. Finish with slip stitch in the third chain stitch of the beginning of the row.

3 rounds crocheted around the stitch-out.

Round 4: sc in the ch-1-space of the V-st, *chain 5, sc in the ch-1-space of the next V-st. Repeat around, join with slip stitch in the first sc.
Round 5: ch3, *sc in the third st of the ch-5-space, ch5 - repeat from * around, finish with slip stitch in the first sc.
Round 6: *ch3, sc in the third st of the ch-5-space - repeat from * around, finish with sl st in the first sc.
Round 7: ch 1, sc in each stitch around. Join with sl.st. Cut yarn.