FRAMED NEEDLEWORK: "Dragonfly Lace Sampler" by Victoria Sampler

 

Pattern: Dragonfly Lace Sampler

Designer: Victoria Sampler

Fabric:  32 count white linen

Threads:  Kreinik Mori and metallics, AuVer A Soie, Perle Cottons, SJ Designs beads (as charted)

Stitches: Stumpwork, Beadwork, Cross Stitch (over two), Eyelets, Lazy Daisy, Herringbone Hemstitch, 4 Sided Stitch, Hardanger (Kloster Blocks, Greek Crosses, Woven Bars with Dove's Eyes), Backstitch

Stitching finished 1/2004

Framing by Frame Warehouse Topeka KS  1/2023

Iridescent fabric and metallic threads are hard to photograph.   There is an underlay of shiny fabric behind the cutwork in the same blues and purples as the dragonfly's wings.  The framers did a fantastic job, well worth the wait!