Chart: A Sunday Afternoon, Creation Point de Croix

A charming box filled with memories, colors, and poetry. With delicate butterflies, vibrant embroidery threads, colorful buttons, and carefully preserved small treasures, this creation evokes the tender world of schoolgirls' workshops of yesteryear. Every detail seems to tell a story, like a precious memory found at the bottom of a treasure chest.

Inspired by old-fashioned handicrafts, this piece harmoniously blends embroidery, miniature objects, and decorative elements in a fresh and whimsical composition. Presented in an American box painted in a bright orange color, this creation becomes a true relief picture that will appeal to embroidery enthusiasts and vintage decoration lovers.

The design was embroidered on DMC 11 threads/cm ivory linen fabric 3865, worked over 2 warp threads and 2 weft threads. This creation can also be made on 12 threads/cm linen fabric or on 5.5 stitches/cm Aida fabric for similar dimensions.

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

Motif sizes:

• Flower wreath: 90 × 66 stitches — 16.4 × 12 cm (11 threads/cm linen or 5.5 stitches/cm Aida) — 15 × 11 cm (12 threads/cm linen)
• Main motif: 86 × 139 stitches — 15.6 × 25.3 cm (11 threads/cm linen or 5.5 stitches/cm Aida) — 14.3 × 23.2 cm (12 threads/cm linen)