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Gothic Boot Skulls Bats Florals

Hand embroidery pattern PDF

US$2.00

Ornate dark Victorian ankle boot; black and lavender bouquet; six cream skulls; three bats; pentagram medallion; acorns; cool gray-green vine wreath; black and lavender berries.

Intermediate / 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 Gothic Boot Skulls Bats Florals embroidery pattern

Gothic Boot Skulls Bats Florals brings botanical and gothic 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: Ornate dark Victorian ankle boot; black and lavender bouquet; six cream skulls; three bats; pentagram medallion; acorns; cool gray-green vine wreath; black and lavender berries.

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.

Stitching sequence

  1. Transfer the complete ornate ankle boot, central bouquet, six skulls, three bats, pentagram, acorns and circular vine wreath. Keep the ivory negative space open around the boot and between skulls, bats and branches.
  2. Establish the boot in 310/3799/414 with directional long-and-short shading. Work laces, eyelets, seams and decorative scrolls in one- or two-strand split/backstitch; reserve tiny couching or stem stitches for the raised ornamental curves.
  3. Build the bouquet: black flowers in 310/3799, lavender flowers in 3041/3042/3743, and cool taupe foliage in 3022/644. Radiate petal stitches from each center and use compact knots or seed stitches for flower cores.
  4. Stitch the six skulls with 3865/644/3022, keeping eye sockets and nasal cavities deep with 3021/3799. Use one strand for teeth separations, tiny cracks and jaw lines; preserve rounded cranial highlights.
  5. Work wreath vines and leaves with 926/927 plus 414 shadows. Add acorns in 801/420/3782 with padded satin and textured caps; place black and lavender berry knots in 310/3041/3042 without crowding the vine flow.
  6. Finish the three bats with 310/3799 and lavender accents where visible. Stitch the top pentagram with one-strand 420/3021 backstitch or couching, then check wreath symmetry, skull spacing, boot detail clarity and balanced negative space before reverse pressing. FINISHING: Steam from the reverse over a towel. Avoid flattening flower centers, berry knots, padded acorns, skull highlights, bat texture and the directional black-to-charcoal boot shading

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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