This Cross Stitch Artwork Took Her 4 Years
A recent tweet by @TamSepulveda has gone viral after she shared her mom’s incredible cross stitch artwork that took 4 years to complete.
The amazing work is a cross stitch representation of an oil painting by John William Waterhouse entitled ‘The Soul of the Rose‘ (1908)
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“The Soul of the Rose” by John William Waterhouse
For those unfamiliar, cross-stitch is a form of sewing and a popular form of counted-thread embroidery in which X-shaped stitches in a tiled, raster-like pattern are used to form a picture.
If you want to learn more, there’s a great introduction to cross stitching on deviantART.
[via GallowBoob on reddit]
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