About this Autumn Herbal Cottage Moon Phases embroidery pattern
Autumn Herbal Cottage Moon Phases brings celestial and witchy details into a hand-embroidery composition. Study the colored design and outline together before choosing which shapes to shade, outline or simplify. The supplied guide identifies these motifs: rust-and-cream herbal cottage, five potion bottles, olive/sage foliage, plum thistle-like blooms, copper leaves, gold stars and a surrounding ring of pale moon phases.
The colored image is a design reference. Thread, fabric and your stitch choices will affect the finished result. Preserve the open spaces around the smaller motifs and test difficult fills on a spare piece of fabric before stitching the main design.
Printable outline preview
This watermarked preview shows the transfer drawing. Clean outlines are included in the purchased pattern PDF.
Choose your hoop size
The outline pages are labeled for 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 inch hoops. Measure the printed design before transfer, because printer margins and fit-to-page settings can affect its dimensions.
The stitch guide recommends 8" / 20 cm HOOP for this design.
A larger version gives fine contours and clustered motifs more room. Select the size that preserves the details you want to stitch.
Color and stitch guidance
The supplied guide proposes 15 DMC colors. Compare important shades with real floss under your working light.
The supplied guide labels this design advanced. Allow time for controlled spacing and detailed areas.
warm ivory linen/cotton, 28-32 count; firm enough for small windows,
Stitching sequence
- TRANSFER + FINE STRUCTURE Transfer cottage geometry, bottle silhouettes, branch centerlines, flower centers and every moon/star. Establish roof ridges, window divisions and bottle shoulders first with one strand so the small architecture stays square and symmetrical.
- COTTAGE + WINDOWS Thread-paint roof planes from ridge to eaves using 3371/938/801, overlapping short rows like shingles. Fill plaster in 3033 with sparse 920/921 warmth. Underpad only larger wall panels, then add glowing window centers in 922/729 and crisp one-strand bars last.
- POTION BOTTLES Outline bottle glass in one strand 3371. Shade warm liquids with 3777/920/921 and green liquid with 3011/3051, keeping sidewalls darker and centers lighter. Pad corks horizontally, satin vertically in 801, then finish 3033/3865 labels and tiny marks.
- FOLIAGE + FLOWERS Fishbone olive leaves in 3051/3052/3011 and copper leaves in 920/921, rotating stitch direction with every stem. Build plum flower heads from 154 into 3041 using short long-and-short or detached-chain petals, then place compact French-knot centers.
- MOON PHASES Lightly underpad only the larger moon disks/crescents perpendicular to the final stitch direction. Cover smoothly in 3865 along each lunar curve; add restrained 729 or 3033 shading only where the artwork shows warm edges so the ring remains pale.
- STARS + FINAL BALANCE Add 729 starbursts and tiny French-knot dots last, then check circular spacing between moon phases and foliage. Reinforce only key bottle/cottage edges, bury tails beneath filled motifs and steam-block from the reverse
Review the full guide in your download for motif-specific thread placement. General techniques are covered in pattern transfer methods and finishing an embroidery hoop.
What your download contains
Your purchase opens a private Google Drive folder containing the three listed PDFs. The clean outline is inside the main pattern PDF. The gridded image reference is separate from the surface-embroidery drawing and is not a machine embroidery file or a symbol-by-symbol DMC cross-stitch key.
Download access appears after payment is confirmed, with recovery available through the purchase email. See the delivery policy for access and support details.
Pattern questions
Is this for hand embroidery?
Yes. The outline and stitching guide are for hand embroidery. No machine-ready PES or DST file is included.
Will I receive a physical kit?
No. This is a digital pattern package. Hoops, needles, thread, fabric and a finished piece are not included.
Can I sell a finished embroidery piece?
You may sell small quantities of physical pieces stitched by you under the pattern license. You may not resell or share the digital pattern files.
What if I cannot open or download the files?
Use order recovery or contact support with your order reference. Damaged files, duplicate purchases and delivery problems are covered in the refund policy.
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