About this Moonlit Cemetery Gate embroidery pattern
Moonlit Cemetery Gate brings celestial 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 wrought-iron cemetery gate, graveyard path and headstones; crescent moon and bats; pumpkins, stone walls, berries, branches and autumn leaves.
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.
Natural ivory 28-32 count linen/cotton evenweave; medium weight, prewashed
Stitching sequence
- 1. TRANSFER + IRONWORK Transfer the gate first with every major scroll, vertical bar and finial, then add pillars, walls, grave markers, path, moon, bats and the full botanical ring. Keep tiny stars and berry centers as light marks. 2. GATE + CEMETERY Work the gate in 310 with one-strand split/backstitch for clean curls and bars. Add 3799 only where a softer dark is needed. Build headstones and distant cemetery shapes from 844/645 into 647. 3. STONE WALLS + PATH Shade pillars and walls with directional long-and-short using 844, 645 and 647. Keep mortar seams crisp in split stitch. Work path marks in 647/3865, narrowing spacing toward the center distance. 4. MOON + BATS Satin the crescent mainly in 729 with 3865 at the light edge. Fill bats in 310, following wing direction. Add tiny stars with 729/3865 straight stitches or compact French knots. 5. PUMPKINS + AUTUMN FOLIAGE Build pumpkin segments in 920, brightening ridges with 922 and deepening creases with 801. Fishbone leaves in 3051/3011, then add ochre/rust accents with 3829/920 and pale leaves with 3865. 6. BRANCHES + BERRIES + FINISH Stem stitch branches in 801/420 before berries. Build red clusters with 814 padded satin/French knots and pale berries with 729/3865. Finish grass, veins, tendrils and tiny gate details in one strand. FINISHING & PRESSING NOTES Keep the gate openings clean and unfilled so the ironwork remains airy. Press from the reverse over a padded towel to protect raised pumpkins and berry clusters; reshape gate scrolls gently after pressing
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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