Sources
The elephant-bird drollery is adapted from a 13th-century English tile from Chertsey Abbey in Surrey. (London, British Museum) The alphabet is Gothic Textura Quadrata adapted from a 13th-15th-century German brocaded tabletwoven band. (Lübeck, Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, M 213)
Materials and Techniques
You can use any even weave fabric such as Aida cloth or linen. The threads are DMC floss. Only whole cross-stitches are used.
Sizes of finished picture
Design size: 113 stitches wide x 169 stitches tall
on 10-count fabric, 11.5” x 17.1”
on 12-count fabric, 9.58” x 14.25”
on 14-count fabric, 8.21” x 12.21”
on 16-count fabric, 7.19” x 10.69”
on 18-count fabric, 6.39” x 9.5”
See below for required DMC skeins
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Craft Type:Cross Stitch
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Craft Type:Cross Stitch
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Theme:Samplers
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Format:Printed Chart
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Brand:Arelate Studio
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Product Code:ARELATE12
