One of the many meanings of wheat in Christian symbolism is the representation of the gifts of God, the fullness and the bounty of the Lord.
This ecclesiastical design was originally created for placement on stoles, chasubles and pulpit gowns. It is from the
Embroidery Pattern Catalogue, a publication offering iron-on embroidery transfers that was published in the mid to late 1800s by the Thomas Brown & Sons company of Manchester, England. Many of those traditional Christian patterns were hand drawn reproductions of designs from the 13
th and 14
th centuries and were created specifically for embroidery on vestments and other church linens.
- This design is available for the 4" x 4", 5" x 7", 6.25" x 10.25" and 7.75" x 11.75" hoops.
- The sewn out size for the 4" x 4" hoop is 3.88" W x 3.90" H with 5,780 stitches.
- The sewn out size for the 5" x 7" hoop is 6.39" W x 4.78" H with 11,965 stitches.
- The sewn out size for the 6.25" x 10.25" hoop is 7.98" W x 5.96" H with 17,577 stitches.
- The sewn out size for the 7.75" x 11.75" hoop is 10.10" W x 7.56" H with 27,242 stitches.
- This design has 4 thread colors.
- This design is a companion to Vintage Ecclesiastical Design 280b.
You must have an embroidery machine to utilize our machine embroidery designs. We sell machine embroidery designs as electronic media (software) only. We do not sell embroidered "patches" or hard copy patterns.
