The nightjar and two moths cross the same clearing at different angles. This digital embroidery pattern includes white feather patches, separate moth antennae and legs, oak leaves and a diagonal log below the open flight.
Stitch direction and shading
The guide maps 12 working regions with local stitch direction, strand count and DMC colour recipes. Use the region key and recommended sequence to follow the overlaps and changes in shading. Mapped techniques include fine split, short satin seeds, divided turning long-and-short.
Cloth and thread choices
Suggested fabric: deep midnight-blue linen. The palette proposes 12 DMC shades for stranded cotton. Supply your own needles, hoop or frame and a transfer method suitable for the cloth. Test the transfer and physical thread colours on a small swatch first.
The scene in detail
Nightjar Across the Moth Dust Clearing brings two scales of flight into one night scene. Keep the bird's pale patches inside the feather fields, then work each moth separately before finishing the finer antennae and log detail.
Are the two moths identical?
They sit at different angles and have separate wing systems. Their bodies, antennae and visible legs give the smaller forms their own direction beside the nightjar.
Files supplied
- 16-page design-specific Stitch Guide PDF with region key, DMC palette and recommended sequence
- Full-size A3 transfer PDF and matching SVG
- White and transparent 600 dpi linework PNGs
- Colour reference JPG and thread-and-region recipe CSV
- Hand Embroidery Stitch Sampler, Essential Needlework Handbook PDF
- READ_ME instructions
Canvas dimensions and printing
Artwork canvas: 300 x 232 mm, landscape, including the open background areas. Print the separate A3 transfer at Actual Size / 100% and check the 50 mm control bar. Guide previews are reduced. These are canvas dimensions, not a finished hoop, cushion or bag size. The Stitch Guide itself uses US Letter pages.
Download format and licence
Digital files only. No fabric, thread, tools or finished embroidery is supplied. Colour references and lifestyle mockups show design and presentation ideas. For personal, non-commercial use. Do not share, redistribute or resell the digital files.
