Spring Cartouches - Cross Stitch Pattern by Erica Michaels Hand Dyed 3745 x 1 / 455

3745 x 1 / 455 x 1 / 829 x 1  ~ Golden olive – very dark

Germaine embroidered her marquoir in 1909

It kicks off with my favourite season – Autumn

Model was stitched on a 40 count Confederate Grey hand dyed linen from Weeks Dye Works and stitched with hand dyed silks from Dinky Dyes and Gloriana

ready for some frosty winter walks

Spring Cartouches - Cross Stitch Pattern by Erica Michaels Hand Dyed 3745 x 1 / 455Stitch counts: Bloom is 97 x 57 Garden is 64 x 46 Nest is 55 x 55 Spring is 67 x 35 Bloom, Garden, and Spring: 36 count Shrekies Tan from Needle Bling Designs (comparable to DMC 543 3864) Nest is stitched on 18 count white perforated paper from Wichelt Imports.