About this Raven Golden Key Gothic Floral Wreath embroidery pattern
Raven Golden Key Gothic Floral 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: black raven carrying an antique gold key, framed by looping sage vines, cool green leaves, burgundy berries and flowers, ivory skulls, and gold/charcoal starbursts.
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/cotton, 28-32 count; firm enough for dense raven
Stitching sequence
- TRANSFER + VINE FRAME Transfer raven, key, skulls, flowers, berry groups and the full looping wreath. Work the long vine curves first in 934/3051 short stem-stitch segments through every bend; add secondary tendrils in one-strand split stitch before dense fills obscure junctions.
- RAVEN THREAD PAINTING Map crown, throat, shoulder, covert, flight and tail feather tracts. Thread-paint with 310/3799/413 in overlapping shingle-like rows, following feather growth. Use 317 only as very narrow ridge light and finish the eye last with a minute 3865 catchlight.
- GOLDEN KEY RELIEF Underpad only the broad key bow horizontally, then cover lengthwise in 729 with 676 on the top-facing edge and 938 in recessed details. Keep the shaft and teeth crisp with one-strand stem/split stitch rather than bulky satin.
- LEAVES + BURGUNDY BERRIES Fishbone foliage in 934/3051/3052, rotating stitch angle with each leaf. Build berries from compact 3802/3726 French knots and reserve 154 for darkest berries or cluster cores. Keep stems fine so berry groups read dimensional without looking heavy.
- IVORY SKULLS + FLOWERS Pad skull foreheads very lightly, then satin/long-and-short in 3865/822 with 3862 only under cheekbones and socket edges. Work burgundy flowers radially in 3802/3726/154 and pale flowers in 3865/822; finish centers with restrained 729 knots.
- STARS + FINAL FINISH Add gold starbursts and scattered dots with one-strand 729/676 straight stitches and knots; use 310 only for selected charcoal stars. Check circular rhythm at arm's length, refine feather separations, bury dark tails beneath dense motifs and steam-block from the reverse
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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