About this Haunted Cottage Ghost Pumpkin Wreath embroidery pattern
Haunted Cottage Ghost Pumpkin 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 cream haunted cottage with a deep black roof sits at center, with a small white ghost floating at left. Four pumpkins cluster across the lower foreground in rust orange, peach, dark teal and black, each with contrasting rib seams and stems. The scene is enclosed by curling blue-green vines, teal and olive leaves, rust berry knots, a bare black tree at right, two black bats, a small golden crescent and scattered stars/dots. Fine path lines connect the cottage to the foreground pumpkins. 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.
The supplied guide labels this design advanced. Allow time for controlled spacing and detailed areas.
Warm natural linen/cotton, approx. 28-32 count. Use a stable even weave that can support the dense
Stitching sequence
- PHASES 1. TRANSFER + STRUCTURAL FRAME Transfer the cottage, roof planes, chimney, windows/door, ghost, pumpkin lobes, crescent, bats, tree, main vine spirals and path lines. Stem-stitch only the major 500/501 vine routes and one-strand 310 architectural guides that will remain visible. Leave twig tips, pumpkin seams, stars, berries and facial details for later. 2. MAIN FOCAL ELEMENT Stitch the cottage first. Fill walls in 3865 with 822 under the eaves, around the door and along the lower edge; keep the pale body smooth and flat. Build the roof in 310 with 3371 depth along ridges/eaves, following each slope. Add black door/window interiors after the pale fill, then finish muntins with one-strand backstitch for crisp geometry. 3. SECONDARY LARGE ELEMENT Work the four pumpkins from back to front. Use 921/920 for the tall rust pumpkin, 407/758 with 920 seams for the peach pumpkin, 501/500 with 503 highlights for the teal pumpkin, and 310/3371 with narrow 921 ribs for the black pumpkin. Curve stitches with each lobe and keep rib seams recessed rather than heavy outlines. 4. FLORALS / FOLIAGE / SUPPORTING ELEMENTS Complete the sweeping vines in 500/501, then fishbone teal leaves in 501/503 and olive/ochre leaves in 3011/3012/729 from base to tip. Stitch the right bare tree in tapered 310 lines, thickest near the lower trunk and one strand at twig ends. Keep the foliage ring open enough that the cottage silhouette remains clear. 5. SMALL DETAIL WORK Fill the ghost in 3865 with 822 tucked into lower folds, then add 310 eyes/mouth last. Satin the two bats in 310. Add 921/920 French-knot berries with consistent knot size, 3821 crescent and stars, and small sky dots. Add pumpkin stems and rib accents only after fills are complete so seams stay sharp and dimensional. 6. FINAL DETAILS + BLOCKING Refine only necessary roof edges, window bars, path lines, twig tips and vine crossings with one strand. Check that the cream cottage and pumpkin cluster share focal weight, while the ghost reads clearly but remains secondary. Secure dark tails away from pale wall/ghost areas, steam lightly from the reverse, and block the hoop circle without flattening berry knots or ridged pumpkin texture
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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