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Byzantine Scroll
& Meander Blue
Cross Stitch Kit

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Designer: Avlea Folk Embroidery
Item: AFE-059
Type: Cross Stitch Kits

The Byzantine Scroll and Meander Blue cross stitch folk embroidery kit features three lavish borders drawn from the decorative vocabulary of Byzantine art. Worked in just two colors, the outlining of the lighter shade creates a surprising amount of intricacy and contrast and is a striking example of how much a limited palette can achieve. I stitched this for my daughter as a wedding gift and it always makes me happy to see it at her house!

The scroll and meander are among the oldest continuous motifs in Mediterranean decorative art, moving from ancient Greek friezes into Byzantine ecclesiastical work and from there into the folk embroidery tradition. Stitching them today is like a small act of connection across a very long history of textiles!

What you'll make: A 16 x 33" table runner

Kit Includes: One 18 x 35" piece of 26ct 100% cotton Traditional Groundcloth in natural
DMC 6-strand embroidery floss
John James size 24 cross stitch needle
Full color chart and instructions

Stitch count: 23,183 cross stitches, 26,944 backstitches (179 x 359 stitch area)


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