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Using Celtic Wedding Cross Stitch To Recognize Your Heritage
Have you been invited to a wedding? Do the happy couple share a Celtic ancestory? Why not stitch them a Celtic wedding cross stitch sampler as a special gift. You will be able to include tradtional symbols and borders to create a keepsake to treasure.
Have you been invited to a wedding? Do the happy couple share a Celtic ancestory? Why not stitch them a Celtic wedding cross stitch sampler as a special gift. You will be able to include tradtional symbols and borders to create a keepsake to treasure.
Enchanting Lair offers one cross stitch pattern that features an ancient Celtic wedding blessing on a background of blue, lovingly surrounded by a Celtic cross border. Another company that features a Celtic wedding prayer in one of their designs is Design Works Crafts. This pattern is more elaborate than other Cel tic cross borders and the pattern also includes alphabet designs and room to note the names and wedding date for the couple.
LifeTime Samplers offers a sampler that records the names of the bride and groom and date of marriage. Dinky Dyes has a colorful sampler that also records the location of the wedding. There are so many different types of Celtic wedding cross stitch samplers that you are certain to find something you love
You may like to build your own celtic wedding cross stitch sampler from motifs related to Ancient rites. You could include a Claddagh ring from Ireland or the carved wooden lovespoons from Wales depending on where the bride and groom were born. Don’t forget, of course, the loveknot.
Another book for Celtic enthusiasts is “Celtic Cross Stitch Designs” by Carol Phillips. The book details over 30 different cross stitch patterns, including two sets of alphabets that can be used for samplers and also many items, like picture frames, that could be given as wedding gifts. It has many different ideas for how to customize store-bought household items - napkins, tablecloths, etc. - that can then be given to a new bride and groom.
For advanced crafters who want to create their own Celtic wedding cross stitch patterns, sites like Aon Celtic Art and Illumination (http://www.aon-celtic.com/) offers free resources for creating your own borders, and they also offer more complex cross stitch patterns for sale. Many can be used to create wedding samplers and other gifts.
There are many different options for those wanting to incorporate their tradition into special items using Celtic wedding cross stitch patterns. While they all seem to have a common theme of Celtic items they also are very different and can be customized for any bride and groom.