Wednesday, September 29, 2021

Frances Sweetlove 1827

*This freebie offer has ended, thank you*

To celebrate the end of Sampler September and the start of my birthday month, I would like to make my new reproduction sampler, Frances Sweetlove 1827, available for free download until the end of October ❤! 

Frances Sweetlove is an English sampler. Besides several alphabets, this sampler has an interesting band made up of Zodiac and planetary symbols! It is stitched in two colors - most of it in a dark teal, but there is also a bit of greenish black, possibly where Frances ran out of teal thread. I picked out Classic Colorworks Erin Go Emerald and GAST Raven, but you can chose any colors you prefer.

There is an eyelet alphabet and a four-sided stitch alphabet. Those can be stitched as regular cross stitches instead if you like.




Frances Sweetlove 1827





And here is a mockup as a red sampler, my favorite! Wouldn't this be stunning all year, but especially "sweet" for Valentine's Day?




**Please note that copyright laws still apply and this chart may not be shared or distributed.**


P.S. Watch out for the 15th "I" in the first row. Frances did not follow her regular spacing!