This is a kit from Drawn Thread titled "The Perennial Border" from 1999. The interior is a whitework garden. Surrounding the interior is a border of many types of flowers: hydrangea, iris, achillea, violet, day lily, primula, anemone, lupine, aster, pansy, hollyhock and daisy.
The design measures 106 stitches wide x 106 stitches long. It is stitched on linen with DMC floss, Needle Necessities Overdyed Floss and Weeks Dye Works Overdyed Floss. Along with cross stitch, there are several specialty stitches used that are diagrammed and described in the chart booklet.
The kit includes the the design booklet from Drawn Thread, 23 skeins of DMC floss, 2 skeins Needle Necessities floss, 6 skeins of Weeks Dye Works Overdyed floss, and 32 count linen. There is one thread substitution for Needle Necessities (no longer being produced). The pattern calls for Mystique (1481). The recommended combination of DMC 341/3753 for Mystique using one thread of each color has been substituted in the kit. buy
Product code: Vintage Drawn Thread Kit for "The buy Perennial Border" from 1999