Scarlet Letter Animals Cross Stitch Patterns

SCTL-011
A Parrot, A Leopard, A Lion - Cross Stitch Pattern
by Scarlet Letter
$28.00  $2632
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Note from the designer - "This design was inspired by an early eighteenth century English picture executed in tent stitch." The designs features a lion, a leopard and a parrot surrounded by bright flowers.

The design is stitched over one thread on 35 Ct. linen. It uses cross stitch,... Read more
SCTL-149
Man Dogs and Deer - Cross Stitch Pattern
by Scarlet Letter
$35.00  $3289
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Flora and fauna were highly celebrated in nearly all 17th and 18th century pictorial embroideries. Executed entirely in cross or tent (half cross) stitches, the embroidered pictures embellished cushions and furniture and reflected a changing attitude toward domestic comforts, by serving to brighten... Read more
SCTL-150
Wisdom and Innocence Bell Pull - Cross Stitch Pattern
by Scarlet Letter
$20.00  $1889
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The canvaswork piece from which this bell pull was derived is a book cover, and dates to the first quarter of the 17th century. square tent stitched vignettes, reproduced here in the panels of the bell pull covered the book's spine vertically. It seems appropriate that the allegorical figures of... Read more
SCTL-151
Spot Motif Embroidered Picture 1640 Cross Stitch Pattern
by Scarlet Letter
$33.00  $3099
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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
SCTL-137
Needlework Panel of a Fruit Tree With Two Animals- Pattern
by Scarlet Letter
$29.00  $2729
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This colorful William III English needlework vignette is executed entirely in gros and petit point stitches (cross stitch over one and two threads of linen). It depicts a large gros point fruiting tree above a scene with very finely stitched petit point leaves, flowers, and two animals, the larger... Read more
SCTL-026
Country Life 1783 - Cross Stitch Pattern
by Scarlet Letter
$20.00  $1879
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Note from the designer - "Adapted from an English sampler dated 1783. The original sampler from which this piece was adapted measures 15-1/2" x 12-1/2", and was stitched over one thread of linen on approximately 50-thread-count glazed linen. The house on the left alone, which measures 71... Read more
SCTL-119
Hornbook Bestiary - Cross Stitch Pattern
by Scarlet Letter
$27.00  Sale $2240
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Note from the designer: "The figures depicted on this original design were derived from wood block engravings of the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. The format of the hornbook follows actual examples from the late 18th century. Hornbooks functioned as primers, used to teach young children their... Read more