Easter cross stitch: schemes, materials, ideas

2024 Author: Sierra Becker | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-26 03:46

To the Easter service, every Orthodox housewife hurries to the temple to consecrate Easter cakes and eggs. Her basket is filled with festive food and, according to tradition, decorated. In the old days, needlewomen embroidered towels especially for the great holiday. Easter cross-stitch, the schemes of which were passed down from generation to generation and each region had its own characteristics, has not lost its relevance today. It is customary to decorate not only towels, but also tablecloths, and napkins, and curtains, and decorative items to create coziness and a festive atmosphere. These cute little things will be a nice gift for loved ones, and the process of embroidery will create a festive mood.

Motives

In Easter cross-stitch, the schemes of which were popular with our ancestors, you can find the image of Easter cakes, domes of temples, willow twigs, painted eggs. In recent years, the collection of patterns has been replenished with Western Easter traditions, which include imageschickens, hens, Easter bunnies, modest spring primroses and other plots - Easter cross stitch patterns are very cute and festive.

In the photo below, a very simple scheme with a color layout - even an inexperienced craftswoman can embroider cute Easter eggs on it.

Materials and colors

Traditionally, a light fabric with a simple weave of threads is chosen for work. Today, the choice of materials is quite rich: silk, satin, chintz, linen. You can embroider both on canvas and on a waffle towel. It all depends on the idea of the craftswoman and the amount of embroidery.

In the old days, woolen or cotton threads were used. Modern craftswomen are free to choose materials, the main thing is that the colors are as close to natural as possible.

Towel

In Russia it was customary to embroider a towel. Its dimensions are: width about 40 cm, and length about 5 m. Now they usually make half a meter wide and 1.5-2 m long.

First you need to prepare the material. For convenience, use a hoop. Work according to the scheme of cross-stitching an Easter towel begins from the center of the product. After the process is completed, process the edges, which can additionally be decorated with ribbons, lace, hemstitch.

The finished towel with Easter cross-stitch, the scheme of which is proposed below, must be rinsed in cool water with the addition of vinegar. The proportion of the solution is 1 tbsp. l. per 1 liter water. This will help keep colors vibrant and prevent shedding.

Holiday decorations

Towels with Easter cross-stitch, the patterns of which can be taken as a whole or individual motifs can be used, are not the only holiday decorations. Bright elements can be used to decorate tablecloths, decorate gift wrappings, decorative Easter eggs and themed souvenirs. Their manufacture by a skilled needlewoman will not take much time, since the schemes are simple. Remember that a piece of warmth is invested in work, which is given to others, and a festive mood consists of little things that adorn life.