About this Black Cat Crescent Moon Autumn Ghost Wreath embroidery pattern
Black Cat Crescent Moon Autumn Ghost Wreath brings celestial and botanical 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: a curled sleeping black cat on a warm gold crescent moon, four violet-black bats, two ivory ghosts, orange pumpkins, acorns, rust oak leaves, sage-green foliage, burgundy berries, scroll vines and scattered gold stars.
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.
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 intermediate. Allow time for controlled spacing and detailed areas.
soft ivory linen or cotton-linen
Stitching sequence
- 1. Transfer & anchor points Trace the cat and crescent first, then place the upper and lower ghosts, four bats, pumpkins, acorns, oak leaves, sage foliage, berry clusters, scroll vines and stars. Mark the outer wreath rhythm before filling any dense motif. 2. Crescent moon Outline in 729 and shade with 676, following the curved arc in long-and-short rows. Keep the decorative circles and geometric bands visible with one strand so the moon reads stitched rather than solid. 3. Sleeping black cat Build the cat with 310 and 3799, following fur direction from head around the curled back and tail. Use 3799 sparingly to reveal volume; keep whiskers, eyelids and paw separations crisp with one strand. 4. Ghosts & bats Fill ghosts mainly with 3865, adding 822 only along folds and lower edges. Use tiny 938 or 310 details for eyes and hands. Work bats in 550 with 3799 / 310 for bodies, wing veins and faces. 5. Pumpkins, acorns & foliage Shape pumpkins in 920 / 921 with radial long-and-short sections. Use 938 / 3781 for acorns; stitch rust oak leaves in 920 / 921 and sage foliage in 3012 with 934 ribs and stems. 6. Berries, stars & finish Add 221 berry clusters as compact French knots and use 3852 / 676 for small floral centers, stars and dot accents. Finish vines in 934, remove visible travel threads and press face-down on a padded towel
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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