A paradise tanager's lime head sits close to the bromeliad's red cup. Download the embroidery pattern for curved variegated leaves, a separate bract spike and the bird's lifted foot on a violet-slate ground recommendation.
The scene in detail
Paradise Tanager in the Bromeliad Wheel moves between narrow colour bands and broad leaf curls. Preserve the air gap beneath the raised foot, then let the bromeliad's red centre and the bird's lime head remain distinct focal areas.
Cloth and thread choices
- Suggested ground: deep violet-slate linen
- 22 suggested DMC shades, using stranded cotton floss
- Bring your own needles and a hoop or frame
- Test the chosen transfer method and thread colours on your cloth
Canvas dimensions and printing
Artwork canvas: 232 x 300 mm, portrait, 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.
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
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 divided turning long-and-short, fine split, turning long-and-short.
Is the red plant centre a single flat circle?
The inner cup sits within the leaf wheel, with a separate red-and-orange bract spike. The curved leaf bands have their own boundaries around those warmer areas.
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.
