Luhu Stitches Little Fall Fling - Downloadable PDF

Luhu Stitches Little Fall Fling – Embroidery Pattern Summary

Little Fall Fling is a charming seasonal embroidery design by Cyndy Young of Luhu Stitches, released in 2018. This downloadable PDF pattern celebrates the beauty of autumn with a compact, decorative composition perfect for framing, stitching into a small finishing, or incorporating into a seasonal display. The design is rated intermediate in difficulty, making it well suited to stitchers who are comfortable with counted thread work and ready to explore hand-dyed thread palettes.

What Is Being Made

The finished piece is a small counted embroidery worked on linen fabric, featuring an autumnal design inspired by the harvest season. With a stitch count of 40 x 40, the design is intentionally petite, making it an approachable project that can be completed in a relatively short time while still delivering a richly textured, seasonal result. The pattern is accompanied by a scripture verse from Ecclesiastes 3:1 — "To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven" — which speaks to its warm, reflective autumn theme.

Fabric and Materials

The pattern is designed to be stitched on 28-count Raw Cashel Linen, a fine evenweave linen with a natural, undyed appearance that complements the earthy autumn color palette beautifully. The raw, organic tone of the fabric enhances the harvest-inspired thread colors and gives the finished piece a rustic, heirloom quality.

For embellishment and finishing, the pattern references the use of Sandy Gold Pom Poms from ladydotcreates.com as well as Autumn Inspirations Harvest Leaf Cotton Fabrics, suggesting the design is intended to be finished into a decorative object — such as a pincushion, ornament, or small pillow — rather than simply framed under glass.

Thread Colors and Materials

The pattern calls for a carefully curated selection of hand-dyed and standard cotton embroidery threads, evoking the deep, rich tones of the fall season:

• DMC 729 – Old Gold Medium
• DMC 680 – Old Gold Dark
• WDW 127 – Grapevine (Weeks Dye Works)
• WDW 2230a – Persimmon (Weeks Dye Works)
• WDW 2201 – Moss (Weeks Dye Works)
• WDW 2237 – Hazelnut (Weeks Dye Works)
• GAST 0350 – Mulberry (Gentle Art Sampler Threads)

The combination of Weeks Dye Works (WDW) and Gentle Art Sampler Threads (GAST) hand-dyed flosses alongside standard DMC cotton gives the palette a rich, variegated depth that is characteristic of the hand-dyed thread aesthetic. These threads feature subtle tonal shifts within a single strand, adding visual interest and texture that solid-color threads cannot replicate.

Techniques and Stitches

As a counted embroidery pattern worked on evenweave linen, Little Fall Fling is stitched by counting threads in the fabric to place each stitch with precision. The 28-count linen allows for fine detail within the small 40 x 40 stitch footprint. Counted embroidery on evenweave linen typically employs techniques such as working over two threads of fabric, which produces a stitch size comparable to 14-count Aida cloth while maintaining the refined texture of linen.

The pattern is consistent with the Luhu Stitches design style, which commonly incorporates cross stitch as the primary stitch, often combined with specialty stitches and embellishments to add dimension and a handcrafted finish. The inclusion of pom poms and fabric in the materials list suggests that finishing techniques are an integral part of the overall project.

About the Designer

Cyndy Young of Luhu