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Palestinian cross-stitch drawn stitch by counted stitch: stars, cypresses, medallions and borders from the embroidered dress, in madder, indigo, gold and olive on linen.

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A single eight-point star in madder red on undyed linen cream. Every stitch is enlarged into a bold square tile with its cross cut into it, and the counted holes of the linen show between.One StarNo. 1
A star held taut in a wooden embroidery hoop with a brass screw clamp. The madder outline is worked, the indigo fill is coming down from the top, the rest is marked in pencil, and the working thread runs across the ring and off the sheet.The HoopNo. 2
A full chest panel on a dark dress ground. A double frame with star-filled corners holds bands of hooked zigzags and chains of small diamonds around a diamond medallion with a star at its heart, with borders of gold diamonds above and below.QabbehNo. 3
Border bands stacked edge to edge on linen cream: stepped teeth, running stars, S-hooks, cypress rows, zigzags, chains of diamonds and chevrons. Single lines of stitch rule each band off from the next.BandsNo. 4
Twenty motifs in madder and dark madder on undyed linen with its counted holes, ruled into a grid by a running stitch. Stars, cypresses, diamonds, chevrons and small all-over fillings each get their own square.SamplerNo. 5
The whole sheet is worked in madder cross-stitch except one large eight-point star, left as bare linen and traced by a single darker row of stitch. A small star worked in outline marks its centre.Linen ShowsNo. 6
One small star repeated across an indigo field, its thread shifting from madder to rose, saffron, gold and pale gold as it descends. The change happens motif by motif, never blended.Thread GradientNo. 7
Single lines of madder stitch run diagonally across linen to form a lattice of diamonds, each holding an eight-point star in indigo or gold with a small square heart.Diamond LatticeNo. 8
One eight-point star enlarged until each of its stitches holds a small star of its own. Madder sits at the edges, indigo within and gold at the heart, with a single stitch marking every empty cell of the linen.Star of StarsNo. 9
Rows of slender stitched cypresses on linen, each row standing on a single ruled line of gold. The rows alternate between olive trees with sage stems and sage trees with olive stems, each set half a step from the last.Cypress RowsNo. 10
The making at the scale of the thread. Finished madder crosses, each showing its separate strands, sit over woven indigo cloth, and the needle goes down into the next hole pulling its thread after it.Close WorkNo. 11
Three long sleeve panels side by side on a deep aubergine ground. Each is a column of stars, diamonds and cypresses between ruled edges, worked in its own order of rose, gold, cream and sage.SleevesNo. 12
Stitched feathers in indigo and madder on linen, each a diagonal spine with paired barbs. Each row turns against the last, and the colours change every two rows, so the field reads as a herringbone of leaves.FeathersNo. 13
A chevron band enlarged to fill the sheet. Every stitch is a bold square tile with its cross engraved, running in rows of madder, rose, gold and indigo with cream between.ChevronsNo. 14
An all-over field of eight-point stars in madder with small black diamonds between, on linen.Star FieldNo. 15
A single band of eight-point stars in madder and indigo, with small gold diamonds between them, runs across an open field of linen low on the sheet, held between double ruled lines of stitch.One BorderNo. 16
The heart of a star at the scale of the thread. Each cross is two legs of six-strand floss, matte and slightly uneven, with the under leg in shadow, laid over woven linen and its holes.MacroNo. 17
One eight-point star stitched four times, once in each quarter of the sheet. The grounds are linen, indigo, olive and madder, and each star is worked in the thread colours its ground is not.Four GroundsNo. 18
A long border piece laced into a wooden scroll frame. Finished bands are wound onto the bottom roller as stripes, bands in madder, gold and olive are worked up the cloth, one stops mid-row with its needle parked, and pencilled bands wait above.Scroll FrameNo. 19
The bottom of a dress on indigo. The upper field is powdered with small motifs, then the hem gathers its borders at once in teeth, stars, hooks, cypresses and diamonds, in madder, gold, rose and olive.HemNo. 20
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