This elegant Birth Sampler a variety of stitches including the
Four-Sided (Pulled), Buttonhole Heart, Smyrna Cross, and Beaded
Couching. The verse reads "God bless this baby, so new to the
earth, what a wonderful miracle this sweet child's birth!".
Two color
schemes are included for your choice of boy or
girl.
Our model was stitched on 28ct antique white Lugana over 2 threads
with 2 strands of floss for cross stitch and 1 for back stitch,
unless otherwise indicated. A variety of silks, overdyed floss,
blending threads and beads are used. Specialty thread and bead
packs are being offered for both boy and girl color schemes (see
related products below).
*This design was originally published in the out of print May/June
1999 issue of the Stoney Creek Cross Stitch
Magazine.