In the Latin-speaking Christianity of medieval Western Europe (and so among Catholics and many Protestants today), the most common Christogram became "IHS" or "IHC", denoting the first three letters of the Greek name of Jesus.
This Christogram IHC design was originally offered as an iron-on embroidery transfer in the mid to late 1800s in the
The Embroidery Pattern Catalogue, 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.
A beautiful vintage design for use on fine vestments or any church linens.
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- 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 2.62" W x 2.61" H with 14,158 stitches.
- The sewn out size for the 5" x 7" hoop is 4.52" W x 4.50" H with 34,586 stitches.
- The sewn out size for the 6.25" x 10.25" hoop is 6.24" W x 6.24" H with 59,025 stitches.
- The sewn out size for the 7.75" x 11.75" hoop is 7.65" W x 7.65" H with 89,021 stitches.
- This design has 8 thread colors.
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.
