As I mentioned a while ago, I have been very much inspired by Pennsylvania Dutch Fraktur art. This brand new original sampler is inspired by the simple forms, patterns and ornamentation found on their artwork. Next month we are moving to a new home, so it felt appropriate to create a house blessing pattern for that purpose. The sampler reads “Bless this house and all who enter”.
Fraktur refers to the style of writing in those artworks, as they illustrated their documents with a fractured, pointy, gothic letter. In this pattern I used the long S, which looks very similar to the letter f to modern readers!
On this pattern you find a decorative pot & carnations, with a striped bird perched on top. The bird has a crown above its head, and at the bottom is an abstract pattern framing the work.
The pattern measures 186 by 131 stitches. Stitched over two threads on 32 count linen it would measure 11 5/8″ by 8 1/4″ (29.5 by 21cm). I stitched mine on natural unbleached linen.
This pattern was stitched with Simply Shaker threads from The Gentle Art:
Tradewind – 7089
School Yard – 7053
Grape Leaf – 7028
Crystal Lake – 7075
Heirloom Gold – 7079
Sarsaparilla – 7015
And now it’s on to the next pattern! I think it will be a homely pattern as well. Maybe even a stately home!
6 comments
Lovely…. Blessings to you in your new abode!
Val in Kansas 🙂
It’s quite lovely
Exquisite Jacob !
Debbie in Cornwall England
Thank you Debbie! 🙂
All your designs are very beautiful. I have been searching for a nice fraktur pattern for a long time. I live in Philadelphia and am from a long line of Pennsylvania Dutch. My father was even spoken to in the language by his grandparents and great-aunts/uncles, and although he understood it, he did not learn to speak it. We do, however, still have family records of marriages and births from the 1700s and 180ss in the form of frakturs – a lot of birds, smiling suns and ornate writing. Those, and some really awful recipes were all that I inherited! Looking forward to working on this over the holidays. Thankyou.
Hi Kristyne! Thank you so much for your kind words – and how exciting that you have some fraktur designs in your family! I just love those designs and I’m actually stitching my Fraktur Love sampler which I started two days ago! :).