About this Sleeping Black Cat embroidery pattern
Sleeping Black Cat 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 black cat curled on a cream crescent moon; AUTUMN AWAKENING lettering; twin burnt-orange pumpkins; ivy, sage leaves, acorns, blackberries, bats and small stars arranged as a circular autumn wreath.
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 + STRUCTURE Transfer the crescent, cat silhouette and AUTUMN AWAKENING lettering first. Add the wreath stems, ivy blocks and pumpkin shapes next; mark berries, acorns, bats and stars last. 2. LETTERING + CRESCENT Work the lettering in one strand of 310 using neat backstitch or whipped backstitch. Fill the crescent with 822 and 3865 long-and-short, shade softly with 3782 and outline the lower curve selectively in 3860. 3. SLEEPING BLACK CAT Build the cat in directional long-and-short: 310 for the main mass and 3799 only where fur direction needs separation. Use split stitch around ears, paws, tail and face; keep the closed eye and whisker accents crisp. 4. PUMPKINS + ACORNS Model both pumpkins with 920 through the body and 922 on raised ridges, reserving 801 for deep grooves. Satin acorns in 420/801 and texture the caps with compact French knots or short crossing stitches. 5. IVY + SAGE FOLIAGE Fishbone ivy in 3011/3012 and sage leaves in 3051/3052. Stem stitch all tendrils, following each curl continuously so the wreath stays light, botanical and clearly directional. 6. BLACKBERRIES + BATS + STARS Build blackberries from clustered French knots in 310 with restrained 154 undertones. Keep bats solid and tiny in 310; use 3782/3865 straight stitches for stars and small neutral dots. FINISHING & PRESSING NOTES Preserve the ivory negative space between the crescent, cat and botanical ring. Press from the reverse over a padded towel so blackberry knots, acorn caps and pumpkin ridges retain their relief
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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