Chart: Charme & Raffinement Placemats, Cross Stitch Creation

The Scandinavian spirit is fully captured in these elegant placemats, where sobriety, simplicity, and refinement harmoniously unite. The traditional friezes, inspired by Nordic winter decorations, take on a new dimension when combined with delicate red and white cotton fabrics. Snowflakes, deer, and holly branches create a warm decor that evokes long winter evenings, family meals, and end-of-year festivities.

Designed by Création Point de Croix, this model highlights the elegance of monochrome embroideries. The vertical motifs integrate perfectly with plain or polka dot fabric assemblies, creating placemats that are both modern and timeless. True to the Scandinavian spirit, these creations favor clean lines and soft contrasts to bring a refined decorative touch without ever overwhelming the table.

The model was embroidered on white 12-thread/cm linen fabric, worked over 2 warp threads and 2 weft threads. Combined with coordinated red fabrics, this luminous fabric particularly highlights the delicate details of the motifs and emphasizes their natural elegance.

This creation can also be made on a DMC 11-thread/cm linen fabric embroidered over 2 warp threads and 2 weft threads or on a 5.5-stitch/cm Aida fabric to obtain slightly more generous dimensions while facilitating the embroidery work.

The charts are printed with symbols and colors (DMC ref.) on 6 pages.

Motif size: 

Snowflake and Deer Frieze: 19 stitches wide × 180 stitches high. Dimensions calculated for embroidery on 11-thread/cm linen fabric worked over 2 warp threads and 2 weft threads or on 5.5-stitch/cm Aida fabric: 3.5 × 32.7 cm.

Holly Frieze: 19 stitches wide × 167 stitches high. Dimensions calculated for embroidery on 11-thread/cm linen fabric worked over 2 warp threads and 2 weft threads or on 5.5-stitch/cm Aida fabric: 3.5 × 30.4 cm.

These dimensions are ideal for creating superb coordinated placemats or personalizing household linen in a Nordic spirit. Elegant, sober, and timeless, these motifs will bring all the softness, charm, and conviviality of Scandinavian festivities to your table decoration.