Embroidery Giveaway – 1812 Clover Border
With St. Patrick’s Day on the horizon, this month’s giveaway is my “1812 Clover Border.” This design is based on a sketch for muslin embroidery originally published in the August 1812 edition of Ackermann’s Repository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufactures, Fashions and Politics (top design, below top).
It’s a delicate design, with tiny clovers branching off of a waving row of satin stitch dots. It comes in two sizes – 1.25″ or 2″ wide – to suit a variety of projects. For a gown, you could use the wider border at the hem, and the narrower one at the sleeves and neckline.
If you’re wondering how it would actually look on a gown, check out this photo of Laura from Age of Antiquity. She used this design to create her beautiful Green Shamrock Regency Dress. More details and images over at her blog.
I think this design would also be lovely adorning a pillowcase, blouse, napkins, or other modern sewing projects. How would you use it? I’d love to hear your ideas in the comments.
Enter below to win 1 copy of either the machine or hand embroidery design and PDF download of instructions. This giveaway is only open to those in the United States.
March 2018 Embroidery Giveaway
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I would stitch it in the green, March is my birthday month
That sounds perfect!
Lovely, I’d like to create this using my Babylock embroidery machine. I do costuming and period correct sewing of underpinnings to the gowns.
I’d love to see what you make if you do. 🙂
So cute! I recently “inherited” a Singer Futura and have been furiously teaching myself machine embroidery. I’d love to try out this clover design for St. Patty’s day!
Welcome to the addictive world of embroidery! I’d love to see what you make if you try this design. 🙂