Whan That Aprille Cross Stitch Sampler Pattern

This celebration of Spring, designed by Alicia Paulson, was inspired by poems and other writings.

“Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote / The droghte of March hath perced to the roote, / And bathed every veyne in swich licour, / Of which vertu engendred is the flour.”

— Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, 1387-1400

This 4-page letter-sized pattern includes a full-color cover and info sheet and a 2-page easy-to-read B&W chart.

Finished size of design area: 96 stitches wide x 128 stitches high; 6" w x by 8" h (15cm x20) on 16-count fabric (sample was stitched on 32-count evenweave linen worked with 2 plies over 2 threads).