About this Autumn Lantern 2 embroidery pattern
Autumn Lantern 2 brings celestial 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: Central vintage lantern with a glowing candle, pale luna-style moths and smaller moths, drifting smoke, crescent moon and stars, burgundy/green/gold autumn foliage, seed pods, candles and dark berry clusters.
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.
- Backstitch
- Stem stitch
- Split stitch
- Satin stitch
- Long-and-short stitch
- Fishbone stitch
- French knots
- Straight stitch
The supplied guide labels this design advanced. Allow time for controlled spacing and detailed areas.
Warm ivory linen-cotton evenweave, medium weight. Preserve generous unstitched fabric around the smoke curls,
Stitching sequence
- 1. TRANSFER + LANTERN AXIS Mark the lantern centerline first, then the outer frame, crescent and four largest moth placements. Add smoke paths and lower candles only after the focal geometry is centered. 2. LANTERN FRAME + GLASS Build uprights and scrollwork with 3799/3371 in one-strand split/backstitch; couch only the thickest bars. Shade the roof and base with 936/935 plus 3857 accents. Keep glass translucent with sparse 778/316 vertical stitches. 3. CENTRAL CANDLE + FLAME Pad the candle lightly, then satin with 676 and 3865 highlights. Use 3829 for the lower shadow edge. Work the flame in 676 with a 3865 center and tiny 729 straight rays around it. 4. LARGE MOTHS + SMALL MOTHS Outline large moths in 315, then fill lightly from wing base outward using 3865, 778 and limited 316. Add veins last in one strand. Smaller moths use 316/778 with 422/938 bodies; keep wing tips delicate. 5. AUTUMN FOLIAGE + PODS Use directional long-and-short on burgundy leaves with 3857; fishbone green leaves in 936/935 and gold leaves in 3829/729. Satin seed pods with 422 and 3829 shadows; stem-stitch the fine pod stalks. 6. SMOKE + CELESTIAL FINISH Trace smoke curls in 762 with one-strand stem/backstitch, adding occasional 315 for depth without making them heavy. Satin the crescent with 676/3865, then add 729 stars, 3799 berry knots and final highlight points. FINISHING & PRESSING NOTES Press from the reverse over a padded towel. Protect padded candle and berry knots, and avoid flattening raised lantern bars. Re-block so the lantern stays vertical and the smoke curls retain their open spacing
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.
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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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