This is the exact size it is in reality: 7 inches across for the flower part.
I counted the crosses on the photograph and it shows that there are 20 stitches to the inch so the [linen, of course ;-)] background fabric is 40 threads per inch in both directions.
I forget. It works out and approx. 10.000 stitches.
It took a summer.
Below the decorated front of a dress and jacket I made when I was 18. Listening to Chopin while I was plying the needle.
The soft pinks and dark brown looked terrific on the lime green background of the dress and the plain buttonless jacket I lined with white silk.
I felt so good in that outfit.
The 1st image is life-size.
The dress became too small for me, so I cut out the embroidery and made it into a tea cozy.
You can still see where the darts were: whatever I tried, they wouldn't be pressed out.
The drawing pin is there to show the actual size.
Below the close-up, to see how fine the fabric was. This was about 50 x 50 TPI [threads per inch] as compared to the pink table cloth at 40 x 40 TPI.
