Delft Blue Ship Tiles – Cross-Stitch Pattern (four Dutch tiles, c. 1650–80)

Delft Blue Ship Tiles – counted cross-stitch pattern

After four Dutch tiles, c. 1650–80. A full-colour cross-stitch chart made from an open-access museum image, matched to DMC stranded cotton and cleaned up by hand so you aren't left with hundreds of single stray stitches.

What you get

- PDF pattern in A4 and US Letter (13 pages each)

- Colour chart and black-and-white symbol chart (4 parts each), with bold 10-stitch grid, numbered rows and columns, centre arrows and a page map

- Thread key with DMC numbers, colour names, stitch counts and skein estimates for 14- and 18-count

- Chart overview, stitching guide and a page about the original artwork and its source

Pattern details

- Design size: 122 × 122 stitches (5,030 full cross stitches, background left unstitched)

- Colours: 8 DMC colours

- Difficulty: Beginner-friendly

- Finished size on 14-count aida: 8.7 × 8.7 in (22.1 × 22.1 cm)

- Finished size on 18-count aida: 6.8 × 6.8 in (17.2 × 17.2 cm)

- Suggested fabric: White aida (the glaze background is left unstitched)

- Full cross stitch only, no backstitch or fractional stitches

About the artwork

Four blue-and-white Dutch tiles from around 1650–1680, each with a sailing ship and the small rosettes that join up into a pattern when tiles meet. Ships were among the most popular motifs in a seafaring country. Stitch all four as a panel or pick one for a coaster-sized piece.

Source: Four tiles, each "Tegel, blauw beschilderd met een schip", tegelbakker: anonymous, Holland; anonymous, ca. 1650 - ca. 1680 / c. 1650 - c. 1680. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, object BK-TN-751-N, BK-TN-751-I, BK-TN-751-G, BK-TN-751-A. Public domain in the EU and US; image released as Public Domain.

Good to know

- This is a digital PDF pattern. No fabric, thread, hoop or kit is shipped; the hoop and frame photos are illustrations.

- Screen and printed colours differ from real thread. Go by the DMC numbers.

- Licence: for your own stitching. You're welcome to sell or give away pieces you stitch by hand from it, but please don't share or resell the PDF or the chart.

- The artwork is in the public domain. The chart, colour selection and layout are by Bright Sheets Gallery. Not affiliated with or endorsed by any museum or by DMC.

Support

Questions? gallery@brightsheetsstudio.com – Bright Sheets Studio

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