Stitch Count: 198w x 83h
Stitch Breakdown: 3936 full crosses, 277 French knots,
375 straight stitches, 57 eyelets

Fabric: 36ct Saltbush linen from Fox & Rabbit Designs Classic Colorworks cotton floss: Black Coffee, Embers, English Ivy, Khaki Mocha, Licorice Red, Steamed Broccoli

The cover model is stitched with two strands of Classic Colorworks floss
over two linen threads. If you choose to stitch this way, you will likely need a second skein of Khaki Mocha. (or you can do what I did and sub in DMC 3865 at the end; nobody will know…)

DMC: 935, 370, 3346, 3371, 3831, 3865

One skein of each DMC color will be sufficient.

 

This design is inspired by the Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story “Rappaccini’s Daughter” in which Dr. Rappaccini  cultivates a beautiful but deadly garden filled with wonderous plants. Rappaccini’s daughter, Beatrice, spends her life in the garden and is imbued with all of the poison that the plants hold. Inspired by this story, I “gathered” plants from my own life and experience: white baneberry (Actaea pachypoda), European yew (Taxus Baccata), Lily of the Valley (Convallaria majalis), and physalis (Physalis alkekengi) and put them together with traditional Quaker motifs.
Having majored in Latin and Greek in college, I had to include their taxonomic names.

The short story Rappaccini’s Daughter is public domain and is available to be read at www.columbia.edu/itc/english/f1124y-001/resources/Rappaccinis_Daughter.pdf