Heirloom series #3! Creamy white silk threads, white silk ribbon, shimmering metallic and soft white perle cotton make this Wedding Sampler simply enchanting to stitch. The beautiful floral pearl encrusted heart and lacy Hardanger bottom enclose some heart filled bands that express the theme of “love”. The model was stitched on Platinum linen for an Antique timeless look. However, I originally designed this on White Linen to evoke the frothy white silky wedding dress trailing Hardanger Lace. The words “Faith, Hope, Love... the Greatest of these is Love” is my personal choice for this sampler, but I encourage you to choose words that are particularly meaningful to you! The photos show the Main Heirloom Wedding Sampler, the smaller Mini Wedding Sampler, and a box top design (also suitable for the center of a ring pillow). A Hardanger bridesmaid gift ornament is taken from the main graph. I invite you to use all the elements and bands of the sampler to embellish other items you might like.. such as place cards, a ring pillow, candle holders, garter or sachets full of rose petals. However you use these designs, I hope you stitch this pattern with joy and kindness as a true Labour of Love.
Larger version
Design area: 302h x 72w (21.5h" x 5.15"w)
Model: 28ct Platinum Cashel Linen
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Cut fabric: 28"h x 11"w)
Smaller version
Design area: 232h x 48w (16.5"h x 3.3"w)
Model: 28ct Platinum Cashel Linen
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Cut fabric: 23"h x 10"w)
Box Top
Design area: 64h x 64w (4.5"h x 4.5"w)
Model: 28ct Platinum Cashel
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Cut fabric: 9"h x 9"w)
Using the enclosed alphabet, you need to add approximately 3/4” to the length of the sampler for each additional line of lettering.
Suggested Materials
- YLI #1 white silk ribbon 4mm
- Au ver a Soie #3443 warm taupe
- Kreinik #4 Braid #032 pearl white
- Kreinik Silk Mori #8000 white
- SJ Designs 2mm beads white pearls
- 3 SJ Designs #WO36 oval beads
- Trebizond TRA125 white (4 spools)
- DMC #12 Pearl Cotton white
- DMC #8 Perle Cotton white
- 28ct Cashel Linen platinum
- #7 Straw or Milliner's needle
- #24-22 Tapestry Needles
- #10 short Beading needle
Stitches used in this Sampler:
- Cross Stitch
- Backstitch
- Beadwork
- Half Cross Stitch
- Long Stitch
- Couching
- Satin Stitch
- Bullion Stitch
- Japanese Ribbon Stitch
- Lazy Daisy Stitch
- French Knot
- Modified Smyrna Cross Stitch
- Eyelet Stitch
- Hemstitch with Nun Stitch
- Three Sided Eyelet
- Smyrna Cross Stitch
- Pins Stitch
- Bargello
- Scotch Stitch
- Four Sided Stitch
- Herringbone Stitch
- Hemstitching with Four Sided Stitch
- Partial Rhodes Stitch
- Algerian Eyes Stitch
- Pulled Reverse Wave Stitch
- Rhodes Hearts
- Partial Diamond Eye Stitch
- Pulled Pins Stitch
- Kloster Blocks
- Satin Stitch
- Diamond Eyelet Stitch
- Woven Bars
- Doves Eyes
- Picots
- Curled V in a Fan
- Divided Wrapped Bars
- Full Greek Crosses
- Partial Greek Crosses
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