About this Ghost Pumpkins Acorns Autumn Botanical Wreath embroidery pattern
Ghost Pumpkins Acorns Autumn Botanical 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: ; occasional 3 strands only where pumpkin crowns, berries or acorn caps need extra relief. Motifs: A smiling pale sheet ghost in a black pointed hat carries a small orange pumpkin pail at center. Three large pumpkins anchor the lower half: two burnt-orange pumpkins and one muted olive-green pumpkin. The circular wreath includes leafy branches, red and burgundy berries, oak leaves, acorns, ferns, cream-and-brown mushrooms, gold stars/dots and flowing green, rust and plum tendrils. Artwork reference - complete composition, undistorted.
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 16 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, approx. 28-32 count. Choose a firm even weave that can hold dense pumpkin
Stitching sequence
- PHASES 1. TRANSFER + STRUCTURAL FRAME Transfer the ghost silhouette and face, hat, pumpkin pail, all three large pumpkins, major branches, mushrooms, acorns, leaf/fern groups, berry clusters and the long green/rust/plum spiral paths. Stem-stitch only the principal 801/934 branch and vine scaffolding first; leave small curls and berry stems until the end. 2. MAIN FOCAL ELEMENT Fill the ghost in 3865, blending 822 into the lower hem, arm overlaps and the side farthest from the central light. Keep stitch flow mostly vertical with gentle fanning. Finish the 310 hat after the ghost fill, then add the 920 band, eyes and smile last so the face remains clean and dominant. 3. SECONDARY LARGE FORMS Work the left and right orange pumpkins with 919 in narrow valleys, 920 through mid-lobes and 921 on upper/outer crowns. Shape every lobe independently. Build the center green pumpkin with 3011 in grooves, 3012 in mids and 3013 sparingly on crowns; keep all three forms rounded rather than striped. 4. FLORALS / FOLIAGE / SUPPORTING ELEMENTS Fishbone the olive and dark-green leaves with 3011-3013 and 934, following each leaf from base to tip. Work oak leaves in 420/921/3011 with stitches turning through each lobe. Add fernlets outward from their midribs; place the burgundy lower fern in 814/815 only after nearby pumpkin edges are secure. 5. SMALL DETAIL WORK Satin acorn nuts in 420 with 801 caps; keep stems one strand. Build mushrooms in 3865/822 with 801 undersides and vertical stems. Add berries in 814/815/919 as compact knots or tiny satin shapes, then stitch 729 stars/dots and the small pumpkin pail so these accents remain subordinate to the ghost and large pumpkins. 6. FINAL DETAILS + BLOCKING Add the remaining 934/920/814 vine curls, berry stems, leaf veins and fine branch corrections with one strand. Recheck the near-circular balance and open ivory gaps around the ghost shoulders and between lower motifs. Secure dark tails away from pale areas, steam from the reverse and block without flattening berries, acorns or pumpkin ridges
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.
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