Description
This listing is for a digital PDF file. Immediately after purchase you can download your file, in either Letter format (used mainly in Canada, the US, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama, Guatemala, the Dominican Republic and the Philippines) or A4 (rest of the world). A Pattern Keeper compatible version is also included in your purchase
In 1792 in one of the most northernly small towns in the Netherlands Frouwke Sijmens Bos worked this truly beautiful sampler. Despite its poor condition, I am really happy that I can now present this design to you.
The original sampler was in extremely poor shape, with a large portion of the lower half having completely disintegrated over time. Fortunately, the part with the most extensive damage was on the border, which was mostly a repeat pattern.
Frouwke’s sampler also suffered from being fairly sun-bleached. Colours for this pattern were based on the back of the sampler and were freshened up to reflect the original colour palette.
Due to its damaged nature, I decided to create an interpretation of Frouwke’s sampler for full crosses only, with no specialty stitches involved, and restoring the original, more bright colours. Therefore, this sampler should not be seen as a strict reproduction but a re-interpretation of a heavily damaged 18th-century sampler.
For those who prefer a more authentic version, a bonus page with all the pattern details featuring backstitch is also included.
I hope you will enjoy working on this sampler and that this booklet might give you a little more information about Frouwke’s life and her sampler.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
From the 2nd pattern page in this booklet onwards, you’ll notice a grey area (3 crosses in width or height) indicating an overlap with previous pages to make it easier for you to continue stitching.
This sampler is 302 crosses wide and 234 crosses high. Please see the graphs below for size estimates. The 2nd graph gives you an estimation of floss required, based on working with two strands of floss over two on 14 through to 18-count aida (28 through to 36-count linen). Higher counts are worked with a single strand. You are, of course, free to stitch with as many or few strands as you wish.
I recommend an off-white material (such as Zweigart’s “ivory”) as the ground for this sampler.
This pattern is charted for DMC and includes a Roxy Floss Co conversion in the key. This hand-dyed floss is exclusively availablet hrough www.evertote.ca in Canada.
This would make a fantastic combination with their “Speculaas” or “Porcelain” linen!
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