About this Sleeping Bat Crescent Autumn Rose Wreath embroidery pattern
Sleeping Bat Crescent Autumn Rose 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: sleeping dark bat curled inside a gold-and-ivory crescent moon, surrounded by a circular black branch wreath with rust/orange roses, sage leaves, orange/burgundy berries, small crescents, stars and dots.
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.
deep charcoal linen/cotton, 28-32 count; mount evenly and use good
Stitching sequence
- TRANSFER + WREATH FRAME Transfer crescent boundaries, bat anatomy, rose centers, branch arcs, leaf spines, berry centers and celestial marks. Work the black/brown wreath branches first in short 310/3371 stem stitches so later leaves and flowers cover joins cleanly.
- GOLD + IVORY CRESCENT Fill the outer crescent in 729/676 following both curves; keep the inner crescent in 3865/822 with stitch direction following the same arc. Blend carefully at the gold/ivory boundary and avoid heavy padding so the moon stays smooth and graphic.
- SLEEPING BAT THREAD PAINTING Work the bat from head and shoulders outward using 310/3799/413. Keep the face and closed eyes in one strand, use slightly longer stitches on wing membranes, and preserve a narrow dark outline only where the bat separates from the pale crescent.
- ROSES + BUDS Build dark rust roses with 3777/920/3802 and orange roses with 920/921, using compact woven centers or tight radial long-and-short. Keep outer petals flatter than centers. Add small rust buds after leaf placement so overlaps read naturally.
- SAGE LEAVES + BERRIES Fishbone leaves in 3011/3012 with darker bases at overlaps. Form orange berries in 920/921 and burgundy berries in 3802/3726 using compact two-wrap knots, tapering cluster density toward the stem tips.
- CRESCENTS, STARS + DOT FIELD Satin the small ivory/gold crescents in 3865/729, then radiate stars in 729/676/3865 from exact centers. Add sparse knot dots last. Check the circular wreath at arm's length and preserve open charcoal gaps between botanical clusters
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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