Portuguese Bird Sampler
CROSS STITCH PATTERN READY TO DOWNLOAD, DESIGNED BY Barbara Ana Designs

This exceptional cross stitch sampler by Barbara Ana comes in a most beautiful floss color range, where smokey grey blues mix with golden hazelnut and fern greens, while the dark outlines of 3 brown birds stand out against the rich and softer colors.

 

The sampler features a couple, in period costumes, riding towards each other. The lady is elegantly riding aside, in her long dress. They are both holding a flower in their hand.

 

Central in the motif is a large bird, perched in a tree with large blue and gold dotted flowers. The bird too holds a flower in its beak. Small fruit, or possibly olives,hang in the background, a vision of abundance and nature's generosity.

 

Below the main cross stitch motif is a verse from a poem dedicated to Friendship and Love that reads:

Tell me ye knowing and discerning few

Where I may find a friend both firm and true

Who dares stand by me when in deep distress

And then his love and friendship most express

 

Separated by floral borders and chain like patterns, there is a secondary bird and flower design with the date 1833 as well as an alphabet. Borders of acorn, surround the sampler.

 

A cross stitch pattern by Barbara Ana Designs.

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Chart info & Needlework supplies for the pattern:
Portuguese Bird Sampler

Chart size in stitches: 275 x 335 (wide x high)
Needlework fabric: Aida, Linen or Evenweave
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Stitches: Cross stitch, 
Chart: Black & White, Color overview
Threads: DMC
Number of colors: 22

Themes: bird, man & woman riding horses, friendship, love
 

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