The IHS is the most common Christogram in Western Christendom and denotes the first three letters of the Greek name of Jesus, iota-eta-sigma. The Greek letter iota is represented by I, and the eta by H, while the Greek letter sigma is in its final form, represented by S.
This design 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, a period when ecclesiastical art, especially the stunning English needlework, was in its glory.
When digitizing for machine embroidery we attempted to stay as true to the original design as possible.
- This design is available for the 2.40" x 1.60", 4" x 4", 5" x 7", 6.25" x 10.25" and 7.75" x 11.75" hoops.
- The sewn out size for the 2.40" x 1.60" hoop is 0.86" W x 1.54" H with 2,416 stitches.
- The sewn out size for the 4" x 4" hoop is 2.07" W x 3.70" H with 6,161 stitches.
- The sewn out size for the 5" x 7" hoop is 3.79" W x 6.79" H with 18,277 stitches.
- The sewn out size for the 6.25" x 10.25" hoop is 5.60" W x 10.04" H with 37,137 stitches.
- The sewn out size for the 7.75" x 11.75" hoop is 6.48" W x 11.61" H with 49,352 stitches.
- This design has 1 thread color.
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.
