Grid: Christmas Recipe: Gingerbread in Cross-Stitch, Cross-Stitch Creation

One of our Proustian madeleines as the Christmas holidays approach? Gingerbread! The most famous example, flavored with honey and cinnamon, is undoubtedly the gingerbread house from the tale of Hansel and Gretel. Overflowing with sweets and treats, it represents the ultimate temptation for the two poor, abandoned, and starving children who discover it in the forest… A recipe to frame in your kitchen. The model was embroidered on a 12-thread ochre linen fabric. To be embroidered on a ecru or colored fabric.

The chart is printed with symbols and colors (Ref: DMC) on 6 pages.

Pattern size: 173 stitches high x 141 stitches wide. If you embroider on 11-thread linen, over 2 warp threads and 2 weft threads, or on 5.5-count Aida, your embroidery will measure approximately: 25.63 x 31.45 cm.