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Crochet Bleeding Heart Flower

⋮ 18.4.2023

Using this Bleeding Heart crochet pattern, you can make a beautiful Spring flower
applique. The Bleeding Heart is a perennial plant with delicate heart-shaped pink flowers that
bloom from middle spring to early summer.

Bleeding Heart – Crochet Pattern

Abbreviations:

Ch – chain

DC – double crochet

HDC – half double crochet

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SC – single crochet

Sl St – slip stitch

St (Sts) – stitch (stitches)

TR – treble crochet

YO – yarn over

Skill Level:

Intermediate.

Finished Size:

This crochet Bleeding Heart applique is about 11”.

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Yarn:

Patons Grace light weight #3 cotton yarn. Colors – lotus (Color A), snow (Color B),
ginger (Color C)

Hook and other materials:

Crochet hook C/2.75 mm

Sewing needle
Matching sewing thread

Instructions:
For this Bleeding Heart crochet applique you will need to make open flowers, closed flowers,
and a leaf. Then make a stem and join all pieces together.

Copyright: This pattern is an original design by GoldenLucyCrafts. You may not copy,
rewrite, redistribute or resell this pattern in any form, this includes making video tutorials. You
may not translate this pattern to another language and publish the pattern or any parts of it.

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Open flower – make 2

With Color A, Ch 15 (this is beginning chain);

Rnd 1. Sl St in 2nd Ch from hook, SC in next, Sl St in each of next 2, [skip 1, Sl St in next]

twice, SC in next, HDC in next, DC in each of next 2, TR in next, (2 TR, DC) in next (last) Ch,
Ch 3, Sl St in same (last) Ch;

rotate your work and continue working on opposite side of the beginning chain – Ch 3, (DC,
2 TR) in same (last) Ch, TR in next, DC in each of next 2, HDC in next;

Ch 8, Sl St in 2nd Ch from hook, SC in next, Sl St in next, [2 Sl St in next, Sl St in next] twice,

Sl St in next Ch of the beginning chain. Fasten off. Side facing you is Right Side.

Join Color B into same place where last Sl St was made, Ch 6, Sl St in 2nd Ch from hook,
HDC in next, Sl St in each of next 2, Sl St in same St where you joined. Fasten off.

Closed flower – make 3

With Color A, Ch 7 (this is beginning chain);

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Rnd 1. SC in 2nd Ch from hook, HDC in next, DC in each of next 2, TR in next, (2 TR, DC) in
next (last) Ch, Ch 3, Sl St in same last Ch;

rotate your work and continue working on opposite side of the beginning chain – Ch 3, (DC,
2 TR) in same (last) Ch, TR in next, DC in each of next 2, HDC in next, SC in next;

droplet – Ch 5, Sl St in 2nd Ch from hook, HDC in next, Sl St in each of next 2, Sl St in same

St where last SC was made. Fasten off. Side facing you is Right Side.

With Right Side facing you – thread Color B into a sewing needle and make 2 long stitches
in the center of the droplet.

Leaf

The leaf consists of three smaller leaves that are joined together.

Smaller leaf – make 3

With Color C, Ch 10 (this is beginning chain);

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Row 1. Sl St in 2nd Ch from hook, SC in each of next 2, HDC in each of next 5, (HDC, Ch 2 –
this will create Ch-2 arch, HDC) in next (last) Ch;

rotate your work and continue working on opposite side of the beginning chain – HDC in
each of next 5, turn.

Row 2. Ch 3, SC in 2nd Ch and in next, HDC in next St, 2 HDC in next, HDC in next, SC in
each of next 3, (SC, Ch 2, SC) in Ch-2 arch, SC in next, HDC in next, 2 HDC in next, HDC in
next, turn.

Row 3. Ch 2, Sl St in 2nd Ch, Sl St in each of next 2 Sts. Fasten off.

Leaf stem and joining the small leaves

Ch 15, Sl St in Ch-2 arch of first leaf, Ch 1, Sl St in Ch-2 arch of second leaf, Ch 1, Sl St in

Ch-2 arch of third leaf, Ch 1, continue working along chain – Sl St in each chain to the end.
Fasten off.

Flower stem

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How to join the flower: insert hook from the Wrong Side into the middle stitch of the flower
top, YO, pull yarn through the stitch and through the loop on your hook, Ch 1.

With Color C, Ch 40, join open flower, Sl St in last Ch before you joined and in each of next
3 Chs,

Ch 20, join open flower, Sl St in last Ch before you joined and in each of next 3 Chs,

Ch 16, join closed flower, Sl St in last Ch before you joined and in each of next 3 Chs,

[Ch 15, join closed flower, Sl St in last Ch before you joined and in each of next 3 Chs] twice,

Ch 1, Sl St in same Ch, rotate your work and Sl St in each Ch along the stem working toward
the beginning. Fasten off.

Finishing

Using a sewing needle and matching thread, join the leaf to the flower stem. Block the
applique.

I hope you enjoyed this Bleeding Heart applique free crochet pattern!

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Happy Crocheting!

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