Description
Ann Flatt – 1828 is a small sampler featuring Adam and Eve and the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, a beautiful Algerian eyelet alphabet and several charming flowers and borders.
The original sampler is in an extremely bad shape – I set myself the challenge to chart this pattern, and recreate the sampler as it might have looked when Ann stitched it nearly 200 years ago. The colours are based on those on the back of the original sampler, and are as follows:
DMC 413, Pewter Grey Dark – (236 crosses)
DMC 500, Blue Green Very Dark – (1716 crosses)
DMC 3362, Pine Green Dark – (2378 crosses)
DMC 3022, Brown Grey Medium – (844 crosses)
DMC 613, Drab Brown Very Light – (2045 crosses)
DMC 829, Golden Olive Very Dark – (426 crosses)
DMC 434, Brown Light – (1505 crosses)
DMC 407, Clay Brown – (749 crosses)
DMC 3064, Desert Sand – (880 crosses)
DMC 950, Desert Sand – (557 crosses)
This design measures 155 crosses in width and 204 crosses in height. Stitched over two threads on 32 count linen (or 16 count aida), it would approximately measure 9 6/8″ by 12 6/8″ (24.5 by 32.5 cm). The legend in this chart gives the amount of crosses each colour has. As a general rule, you can stitch approximately 2000 crosses with one skein of 6-stranded DMC when you work with 2 pulled strands on 32 count linen (or 16 count aida).
The colours in this sampler were picked as closely as possible to the back of the original sampler – however, they are only a suggestion. Do feel free to substitute some or all of the colours to those you want to use. I have charted the sampler with DMC floss in mind – but you can stitch it in any material you want to stitch with!
PLEASE NOTE: This design is available immediately after purchase. If you do not receive a confirmation email with download links, please check if it has gone to your spam folder.
You will find 2 download links for this product: the pattern comes in both Letter paper formats (for the Americas) and A4 paper.
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