About this pattern
This bookish cross stitch pattern is Fern & Folio Books, a deep green bookshop with "Books" hand-lettered in gold on a blue sign and a red and cream striped awning. The window is all shelves of colorful spines, a pile of novels, and a little black cat keeping watch with golden eyes.
It's one of five matching shopfronts: Honey Loaf Bakery, Fern & Folio Books, Posy Lane Florist, The Steeping Pot Tea Shop and Two Saucers Café. They share one palette, the same width and the same pavement line, so they hang side by side like a little high street.
What's inside
- Color, black & white and large print charts, plus a Pattern Keeper compatible PDF and an OXS file
- Floss key with DMC numbers and skein amounts (14 colors)
- A real-size preview page, a stitch-time estimate and a progress tracker
Size: 60 x 80 stitches, about 4.3 x 5.7 in on 14 count, so it fits a 5 x 7 inch frame. On 16 count it's 3.8 x 5 in, and on 18 count 3.3 x 4.4 in.
It's about 20 hours of stitching at about 200 stitches an hour (your pace may vary). Full stitches only: no fractional stitches and no backstitch, and the lettering is charted stitch by stitch. It's an intermediate stitch, with lots of small details in the window.
It's made for book lovers: hang it by your reading chair, give it to your book club friend, a teacher or a librarian, or stitch it for someone who dreams of owning a bookshop. I suggest Antique White Aida, as in the preview.
Plus our free beginner cheat sheet and bonus minis with every order.
