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Sleeping Black Cat Crescent Moon Autumn Wreath

Hand embroidery pattern PDF

US$2.00

Curled sleeping black cat on a cream crescent, two copper-orange pumpkins, sage ivy, curling vines, acorns, blackberries, oak leaves, tiny bats, stars and pale decorative scrolls.

Intermediate / 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 inch outlines / 3 PDF files

Digital files only. No physical item is shipped.

  • Printable outline pattern8 pages PDF
  • DMC color and stitch guide1 page PDF
  • Optional gridded visual reference2 pages PDF
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About this Sleeping Black Cat Crescent Moon Autumn Wreath embroidery pattern

Sleeping Black Cat Crescent Moon Autumn 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: curled sleeping black cat on a cream crescent, two copper-orange pumpkins, sage ivy, curling vines, acorns, blackberries, oak leaves, tiny bats, stars and pale decorative scrolls.

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.

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 intermediate. Allow time for controlled spacing and detailed areas.

warm ivory linen or cotton-linen

Stitching sequence

  1. 1. Transfer & center Place the sleeping cat and crescent first. Mark the top and bottom pumpkins on the vertical axis, then mirror the ivy, acorn, berry, bat and star wreath around them. Keep generous ivory ground between motifs. 2. Cat & crescent Work the cat mainly in 310 with restrained 3799 directional highlights. Follow the curve of the back, tail and legs. Stitch face details in one strand. Build the crescent with 822 and 3865, following its arc. 3. Pumpkins Shade both pumpkins with 920, 921 and 922. Work each rib from stem toward base, keeping the darker copper in the valleys and the lighter copper on raised sections. Add 934 / 935 to the stems and tendrils. 4. Ivy, oak leaves & vines Use 934, 935, 3362 and 3363 for ivy and sage foliage, keeping fishbone stitches aligned to each leaf vein. Work curling vines in stem stitch. Outline the two oak leaves with 938 and soften interiors with 975. 5. Acorns, berries & small motifs Use 975 for acorn cups and 938 / 3371 for caps and outlines. Form blackberries from clustered 310 and 3799 French knots. Stitch bats in 310 and stars with single straight stitches in 975 or 938. 6. Pale scrolls & finishing Add the cream decorative curls last with 822 / 3865 so they stay clean and airy. Add the faint 3727 crescent blush sparingly. Check that the wreath remains balanced and that no dark motif visually overwhelms the cat

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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