Dots and Spots Cross Stitch Patterns Page 2

Pattern is stitched on 32 ct Water Lily linen using DMC and Caron Waterlilies with Mill Hill beads. Stitch count is 135 x 133. Finished size is 8.4" x 8.3".

This extraordinary piece of seventeenth century needlework was originally executed with fine silks on a linen ground, in tent stitch, and is composed of many different slips" or spot motifs, cleverly fitted together. Many of these motifs have symbolic and/or heraldic significance, and they can... Read more about Spot Motif Embroidered Picture 1640 Cross Stitch Pattern