The Scarlet Letter - Spot Motif, 1640 ~ Silk Thread Kit
SL_SPOTMOTIF_SDF
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Attention customers, conversion to 1003 is only provided if you purchase the thread kit. Purchase of chart only will not provide conversion to Soie 1003.
Spot Motif, circa 1640 is a gorgeous seventeenth century needlework sampler from The Scarlet Letter.
Stitch count: 455 x 296
Choice of purchasing thread kit only, Printed Chart only or as full kit with linen.
Full Kit options:
Includes linen of choice, Printed Chart Booklet + 34 colors of either Soie d'Alger or Soie 1003 threads (+ Free Shipping).
Linen Choices*:
30 ct Fat Half - Victoria Sponge Cake - 35" x 36" - Recommended for Soie d'Alger threads
37 ct Fat Half - Corn Tassel - 18" x 35" - Recommended for Soie d'Alger or Soie 1003 threads
45 ct Fat Quarter - Foxtail Millet - 18" x 35" - Recommended for Soie d'Alger or Soie 1003 threads
*Linen sizes assume over two stitch choice.
For over one stitch choice, you can reduce the piece down to a Fat Eighth for 37 and 45 cts, feel free to contact us for questions.
Thread Options:
Au Ver a Soie®, Soie d'Alger includes 35 skeins. Recommended linen for this thread is 38 ct or lower.
Au Ver a Soie®, Soie 1003 includes 34 spools. Recommended linen for this thread is 37 ct or higher.
***Please note, this item is excluded from any discounts or sales.
About the Sampler from the Designer
It was originally executed with fine silks on a linen ground, in tent stitch, and is composed of many different ‘slips” or spot motifs, cleverly fitted together. Many of these motifs have symbolic and/or heraldic significance, and they can be traced directly from the drawings in Peter Stent’s pattern books, published in England in the mid seventeenth century. Almost identical to drawings in Stent are the various creepy-crawlies (snails, caterpillars, wasps, moths), the speckled Lillies of the Mountaine, the columbine, the ape (a symbol of mischief as well as the sense of taste), A Tulipa, and more. While much of the maker’s inspiration was likely gleaned from Stent, other contemporary sources certainly inspired this wonderful, cleverly composed and well-balanced needlework picture.
Like the original, it is executed entirely in tent stitch (petit point), in a palette of 34 colors, and the reproduction measures almost exactly the same size as the original.
Instructions are provided for stitching this over one or two threads of linen on linens of 25, 30/32, 35, and 40 count. The kit is supplied with 35 count linen, designed to be stitched over one thread of linen.
