This is our standard chess board design but stitched on navy blue aida with a light thread, the finished stitching is beautiful and looks like lace.

It is an innovative mix of Cross Stitch & Blackwork embroidery styles bringing life and structure to the backgrounds of the squares and creating a uniquely beautiful design.

The flexibility of a fabric games board is suited to so many different ways to fit our lifestyles

• It can be framed or presented on a wooden board under glass to protect your hard-work and the love and passion you put into your stitching
• It is also foldable for travelling unlike many cardboard versions – we even have a customer who has leather backed her kits for use when camping
• It is colourfast cotton so can be washed in warm water without running - and irons well
• The 18 count Aida offers the tension required to provide a flat playing surface for the games pieces – linen can gather more if your tension is not uniform in your stitches

The opportunity to create an Heirloom is here, - why not add a commemorative border to the board and gift to a child as a birthday or maybe christening present instead of a traditional sampler, the child could have it on the wall as a picture until they are old enough to use it to play with. Providing great memories and truly valued present – more details below .

DETAILS

Please Note: all our charts are for COUNTED stitching and are not printed onto fabric.

• The Finished design size is 40 x 40cm (16 x 16 inches)
• The Full Kit contains the chart, colour key, instructions, fabric, needle and threads.
• The 'Chart Only' Kit contains the chart, colour key and instructions.
• The Number of Thread Colours used is 1. We recommend DMC Stranded Cotton for our designs but can specify other manufacturers thread codes on request, please contact us for details.
• The Fabric Count for this design is 18 count Aida.
• There are some fractional stitches used in this design.

All our designs are created by Debbie Harding, Copyright © DoodleCraft Design Ltd.

How to Personalise your Games Board

We can add a message into the border which can be personalised to celebrate an event or time that is personal to you or the people you wish to create a unique gift for. Marriages, births, anniversaries, special birthdays, prizes etc. the choice is yours.

When you order a personalised kit we can amend the border to include text of your choosing up to 30 characters over 2 rows, please note that a border which contains a message will be a little wider than those that do not.

Obviously bespoke kits require some additional effort in creation so there is a slight price difference between the standard and bespoke options, however we have kept this as low as we can. The price for a customised Full kit or a customised 'Chart Only' is an addition of £15 to the standard price

Please allow an extra week for delivery of bespoke kits and charts.

How to Order a Personalised kit

Place your order by selecting the custom option above from the variants offered then send an e-mail to contactus@doodlecraftdesign.co.uk quoting your order number in the title. In the body of the e-mail please quote you name and the wording you would like included into the border.