CHART PACK:
Alice in Wonderland Portraits
CROSS STITCH PATTERN DESIGNED BY Gera! by Kyoko Maruoka
As opposed to traditional fairy tales, Lewis Carroll's Adventures of Alice in Wonderland features unexpected and complex characters. Alice's story is indeed a succession of meetings with weird and bizarre creatures, as she goes from one surprise to another. Many artists have been fascinated by the story and have created their own illustrations.
Needlework designer Kyoko Maruoka, GERA!'s designer is one of them. She too is drawn to the story and inspired to illustrate it in cross stitch. Her patterns are very colorful and full of fantasy.
Here are two portraits, that work as a pair. Both characters hold an animal:
Alice, impeccably dressed in her little blue dress and spotless white apron, is holding the extraordinary Cheshire Cat in her arms. This is the cat with the huge, mischievous grin on its face (a grin that remains visible even when the cat's body disappears).
Next is the Hatter, who is condemned to a permanent state of having tea. He is indeed holding a teapot into which he has just stuck the head of the unfortunate dormouse.
We suggest you frame the stitched piece, in the same manner as the designer. The oval, medallion shaped frames are reminiscient of old portrait galleries and contribute to Alice's fantasy world.
You can pair these two portrait with three more Alice miniatures (see below) picturing the portraits of the Queen of Hearts, the March Hare and the Cheschire Cat. This time the cat is huge and is carrying a tiny Alice on its back.
A cross stitch pattern by Gera! by Kyoko Maruoka.
>> see more patterns by Gera! by Kyoko Maruoka
Chart info & Needlework supplies for the pattern:
Alice in Wonderland Portraits
Chart size in stitches: (48 x 86) + (64 x 88) (wide x high)
Needlework fabric: Aida, Linen or Evenweave
Stitches: Cross stitch, Backstitch,
Chart: Black & White, Color
Threads: DMC
Number of colors: 19/17
Themes: Alice in Wonderlandy, fantasy, Hatter, Cheshire Cat, dormouse, teapot
