Chart: Soap labels, Cross Stitch Design

Old soapboxes possess an incomparable charm. Their refined illustrations, elegant typographies, and delicate colours evoke the golden age of toiletries of yesteryear. Inspired by these vintage advertising labels, these embroideries pay homage to the world of perfumed soaps that fragranced our grandmothers' bathrooms and linen cupboards.

Designed by Véronique Enginger and Création Point de Croix, this creation finely reinterprets the designs of old soap factories. Violet, white lilac, or rose soaps are presented in a composition full of nostalgia where flowers, ornaments, and lettering harmoniously intertwine. Once framed, this piece becomes a true decorative element that will naturally find its place in a bathroom, a bedroom, or a romantic-style interior.

The pattern was embroidered on a white DMC 11-thread/cm linen fabric, worked over 2 warp threads and 2 weft threads. This luminous fabric particularly highlights the numerous details of the motif and perfectly reproduces the delicate spirit of old illustrated labels.

This creation can also be made on an Aida 5.5 stitches/cm fabric to obtain similar dimensions while facilitating the embroidery work. Both supports allow for highlighting the numerous decorative details of the composition.

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

Design size: 220 stitches wide × 160 stitches high. Dimensions calculated for embroidery on 11-thread/cm linen embroidered over 2 warp threads and 2 weft threads, or on approximately 5.5 stitches/cm Aida fabric: 40 × 29.1 cm.