Shaker Time Small Carriage Clock
This
design was inspired by the spirit drawings seen at recent exhibitions
dedicated to Shaker life. Many of these drawings contain elegant images
of clocks decorated with flowers and greenery. From there, it was an
easy step to designing an actual clock reflecting those motifs. This
clock fits into a small carriage clock.
Stitch Count: 47 wide x 68 high
Design Size: 3.5" x 5"
Fabric: Wichelt 28 Count Linen in Cream, Bone or other neutral color
Leaping Hart
This design could be stitched as a small nontraditional wedding
sampler. It was inspired by an ancient cylindrical seal in the
collection of the Morgan Library and Museum in New York City. The
description of the seal referenced some lines from the Song of Solomon,
which we've paraphrased as:
My beloved is like a young hart, leaping upon the mountains. He calls to me: My love, come away!
Stitch count: 110 wide x 108 high
Design size: 6.875" x 6.75"
Fabric: Lakeside Linens 32 count Wisteria
Fibers:Weeks Dye Works
Banded Bee Skep
Each band of the skep is stitched using a different specialty stitch --
mosaic, plaited cross, plaited algerian, rice, bosnia, rhodes,
long-armed cross, eyelet, algerian eyelet, herringbone, smyrna cross ,
montenegrin, double leviathan, Italian cross, ray, double backstitch,
chequer stitch, cross stitch with bar, couched diamond trellis, diamond
eyelet. Diagrams a re included for all stitches. We recommend that you
have some experience with specialty stitches before beginning this
piece. Or be adventurous and jump right in!
Stitch Count: 80 wide x 78 high
Design size: 5” x 5”
Fabric: Lakeside Linens 32 count Vintage Nutmeg
Fibers: Pearsall's Silks, Gloriana Silks, DMC cotton floss
Reticella Accessories -- Limited Edition Chart Pack
Reticella is a fine-needle lace technique often used on table and bed linens. The reticella pieces for embellishing these accessories were salvaged from an irreparably damaged antique linen bed sheet, and are simply whipstitched onto the accessor ies. The flower motif, which is stitched over one for the scissor fob and over two for the pin cushion and scissorcase, mirrors the bed sheet’s lace edging.
Included in chart pack -- large and small reticella lace motifs for embellishing each accessory piece.
Flower motif stitch count: 29 wide x 21 high
Fabric: Lakeside Linens Fawn in 28 count for scissor fob and pin cushion; and 32 count for scissorcase
Fibers: Sampler Threads from The Gentle Art
Nana's Sampler (Donata D'Aquila 1900)
This is an adaptation of a sampler stitched by the grandmother of Cynthia Aquila, one of Arachne
’s designers. The original was stitched in Italy in 1900 when Donata was 13 years old, about six years before she and her mother came to the United States. The alphabets represented are Italian, which means that some letters -- j, k, w, y -- are missing. We’ve included a chart for a full English alphabet, both capital and small letters, so you can add your own name and the date stitched.
Stitch count: 240 wide x 187 high
Design size: 15” x 12”
Fabric: Wichelt 32 count raw linen
Fibers: Weeks Dye Works