Counted Cross Stitch Chart Specifics:

• This is a pattern that is used to sew and to create a counted cross stitch picture.
• COUNTED CROSS STITCH PATTERN Charted for 14 count fabric and DMC Cotton Floss.
• Finished size is 10 inches (140 Stitches) by 16 inches (224 Stitches).
• Chart uses up to 40 colors DMC Cotton Floss. Full stitches only. No half stitches and no backstitching necessary.
• We provide two charts both printed in black ink on bright white 11" by 17" paper. Chart #1 is a single page chart. Chart #2 (tired eyes) is a 4-page enlarged chart that eases eye strain.

Note to Stitchers: You will receive a chart that is of the entire image including the background. You can stitch the background or stitch on your choice of a 14-count solid cloth and create a raised embossed effect.

***This is not a kit. No Floss, Thread or fabric are included***

What inspired this pattern:

William Baxter Palmer Closson, 1848-1926, was an American artist. He was born in Thetford, Vermont. He moved to Boston, Massachusetts, and worked as an apprentice wood engraver with Samuel S. Kilburn. He studied drawing at the Lowell Institute, then went on to work for Harper's Magazine and other publishing houses in Boston. While in Boston, he shared a studio with painter George Fuller. Seventeen of his paintings are in the American Art collection at the Smithsonian Institution. He also has works on display at the Wadsworth Athenaeum in Hartford and the Cleveland Museum of Art. He married Grace Worden Gallaudet Kendall, daughter of Dr. Edward Miner Gallaudet, president of Gallaudet College in Washington DC.