Home Sweet Home

Cross-stitch bookmark. (It's cross-stitch, right?)

Home Sweet Home


Found in "Texas" by James Michener. Published by Random House, 1985.
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6 comments:

  1. No it's not cross stitch, it is an unfinished needlepoint project. x-stitch is exactly that - x's are used to make the design. Needlepoint fills in the entire backing material while x-stitch is usually used for border decorations or monograms - things like that. Definitions can be found HERE

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  2. Thanks, Grace. I know next to nothing about this kind of thing. I can knit, though so I got that going for me.

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  3. It's made on perforated paper. I don't think it's unfinished; when perforated paper was used, the background usually wasn't filled in. There's an example here:

    http://www.victoriana.com/Embroidery/perforatedpaper.html

    Dorothy

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  4. Personally, I don't care which it is...I LOVE IT!

    x0xx Amy

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  5. Any guess to how old it is? The style and the use of perf paper can be over 100 years old, but it looks in good condition.

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  6. Not a clue, Kate. If you said it was from 1900 I wouldn't argue. My guess is that it is a few decades old, judging by the fading and wear, but I am no expert.

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