My tribute to Jan Houtman

Strawberry Cat

I am a huge fan of Jan Houtman's charts. As a tribute to his work and in his memory, I picked borders from a variety of his samplers, and this is the result (the initials are mine):

jazzo

Amazing gorgeous finish, its smply excellent the colour of the frame  matching up with the floss is enhancing your entire stitching, your finished work has given me an idea for similar work as well, thanks for sharing your finished project.

randomly

Very  Beautiful!  Thank  you  very  much  for  sharing！

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buspi

Very nice and beautiful! Thank you very much for sharing !!!

cris37

very nice         

viky

Fantastic work! Thank you very much for sharing!

VIVIGONG

Very nice !  Thank you for sharing !

Raorr

Thank you for sharing your beautiful work

galina156

        Very nice!

Sasha Koul

        Very nice!

Blackhat

WOW, nice work. O_O Looks like a book-worthy sample shot. I'm still relatively new to the world of cross-stitch, and I must admit, I do not know who Jan Houtman is. His style looks Nordic, though... could you tell me more about him?

atenea

Wonderful work! Congratulations :)

Strawberry Cat

SpiesForTheMoon replied at 2012-2-18 06:01

                               
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WOW, nice work. O_O Looks like a book-worthy sample shot. I'm still relatively new to the world of c ...

Thank you.
Jan Houtman was a Dutch designer. He passed away a few years ago. He was an avid stitcher, and most often (if not always) stitched his samplers without first drawing a chart. His samplers have, in the recent years, been made into charts, though. He has some amazing samplers (in my opinion). A few of his charts can be found on this site, but he has many more. Try a google search for "Jan Houtman cross stitch" - or go to the online shop called "European Cross Stitch", which I think is the shop that has the largest collection of his charts for sale... I*m not allowed to post links, but try this:
europeanxs (dot) com

Strawberry Cat

atenea replied at 2012-2-18 06:14

                               
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Wonderful work! Congratulations

Thank you :)

bimbom

very beautiful and dificult work!!!!! congrats

trololo

very beautiful :):)

WiseOwl

Wow and Wow... This is a magnificent piece of work.... Well done, thank you for sharing your finish with us...:):) I love Jan Houtman designs also....

Blackhat

XheraPhine replied at 2012-2-18 06:19

                               
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Thank you.
Jan Houtman was a Dutch designer. He passed away a few years ago. He was an avid stitch ...

Thank you! I shall do exactly that. ^_^

Diadora

Looks really beautiful