About this Pumpkin Carriage Witch Spider Antique Mirror embroidery pattern
Pumpkin Carriage Witch Spider Antique Mirror 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 black witch-hat spider stands beside a terracotta pumpkin carriage with pale spoked wheels. An ornate oval antique mirror crowns the composition above a delicate spiderweb. Cream and rust roses, olive and gray foliage, red-brown mushrooms, moths, bats, curled vines, tiny stars and buds form a balanced circular botanical frame. 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 ivory linen or cotton-linen, approx. 28-32 count. The design relies on a soft neutral ground to
Stitching sequence
- PHASES 1. TRANSFER + STRUCTURAL FRAME Transfer the mirror oval and filigree, main spiderweb, spider and hat, pumpkin carriage with both wheels, major rose masses, mushrooms, moths and bat silhouettes. Add foliage stems and curled vines next; reserve tiny stars, dots and small buds for the end. Stitch the main 3799/413 structural lines first. 2. MAIN FOCAL ELEMENT Build the black spider in 310 with 3799/413 soft modeling at leg roots and abdomen edges. Direct body stitches center-outward and each leg along its jointed segment. Work the witch hat after the body, keeping the brim darkest and adding the warm band/buckle only when the black fill is complete. 3. PUMPKIN CARRIAGE Shade pumpkin recesses in 3777/920 and blend into 921/922 on the raised ribs. Keep the pale carriage window crisp and slightly lighter than the surrounding pumpkin. Stem-stitch the wheel rims, then place evenly spaced one-strand spokes from each hub outward before adding green vine curls. 4. MIRROR, WEB + DARK ACCENTS Build the ornate mirror frame in 3799/413 with 414/415 highlights on the raised scrolls; place any red jewel points only after the metalwork is clean. Stitch web radials first and connect them with one-strand arcs. Add bats in 310/3799 and keep all wing tips sharp against the linen. 5. ROSES, MUSHROOMS + FOLIAGE Work rust roses from 3777/920 centers into 921/922 outer petals; build cream roses with 739 shadows into 712/3865 highlights. Fill mushrooms cap-first, adding pale dots afterward. Fishbone olive leaves in 3011/3012/3013 and use 413/414 for gray foliage to keep warm and cool groups distinct. 6. MOTHS + FINAL DETAILS Stitch moth bodies dark, then fill wing panels in 422/739/712 with warm 920/922 accents. Add antennae, tiny fernlets, leaf veins, stars, seed dots and rosebud details in one strand. Recheck open negative space around the spider, carriage and mirror, then steam lightly from the reverse and block the hoop perfectly round
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.
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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