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Crooked Autumn Cottage with Spider Webs Bats Witch and Crescent Moon

Hand embroidery pattern PDF

US$2.00

Crooked rust cottage with stone chimney and warm lit window; winding red path; four pumpkins; two bare trees; corner spider webs with hanging spiders; bats, flying witch, gold crescent moon, stars, falling leaves and wildflower borders.

Advanced / 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 inch outlines / 3 PDF files

Digital files only. No physical item is shipped.

  • Printable outline pattern8 pages PDF
  • DMC color and stitch guide1 page PDF
  • Optional gridded visual reference2 pages PDF
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About this Crooked Autumn Cottage with Spider Webs Bats Witch and Crescent Moon embroidery pattern

Crooked Autumn Cottage with Spider Webs Bats Witch and Crescent Moon 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: Crooked rust cottage with stone chimney and warm lit window; winding red path; four pumpkins; two bare trees; corner spider webs with hanging spiders; bats, flying witch, gold crescent moon, stars, falling leaves and wildflower borders.

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 or linen-cotton blend with a firm

Stitching sequence

  1. Transfer and structural framework Transfer the cottage silhouette, chimney, roof edges, window, door, windingpath, hill contours, four pumpkins, both bare trees, major flower stems, cornerwebs, spiders, bats, witch, moon and stars. Keep web radii clean and evenlyspaced.
  2. Main focal element Build the cottage first: work rust walls in 3777/920/921, then the 822/729 roofand 414/3023/801 chimney. Keep long-and-short direction aligned withboards, thatch and individual stone faces; finish the warm window in 3853/729.
  3. Secondary large element Stitch the green hills and cream field bands, then the red winding path and allfour pumpkins. Shape pumpkin lobes from stem to base with darker copper inthe valleys and brighter autumn gold toward the centers.
  4. Foliage / supporting motifs Work both bare trees in 938/801, then the lower wildflower borders andautumn leaves in 3362/469/3012/921/3853. Use fishbone leaves and fine one-strand stems so the cottage remains dominant.
  5. Small decorative details Add both large corner spider webs, hanging spiders, bats, flying witch, 729crescent moon, stars, falling leaves, berries and scattered red/gold dots. Keepwebs and celestial rays at one strand for lightness.
  6. Final accents, dimensional details, cleanup,and blocking Refine door hardware, window muntins, chimney mortar, roof edge, pumpkinribs and tiny web anchor points. Remove transfer residue, secure dark carriesbehind dense motifs and block from the reverse without flattening Frenchknots

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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