Friday Freebie: Stibbe Roman Mosaic Borders

Most of you will know by now that I love historical patterns - especially Roman mosaics. When I saw that the Stibbe Roman mosaics were being shown to the public I couldn't resist making a pattern based on part of one of the borders and transferring the second border in its entirety into cross stitch. If you click the linked words above you will read this:

In 2017, thousands of people queued for hours to see the Roman mosaics being excavated at the old Stibbe factory between Highcross Street and Great Central Street in Leicester. The excavation unearthed major new evidence of Roman Leicester including one of the largest and finest pieces of mosaic to be discovered in the city for over 150 years. This was found within the remains of a large Roman townhouse which once fronted onto a main street leading through the town. Many of its rooms still contained evidence for ornate decoration including painted walls and mosaic floors. One room, probably a principal reception room, had a mosaic floor of outstanding quality.

More reading if you are interested:  The History Blog where I discovered that the floors are from the 3rd or 4th century.

The top border is the one that is inspired by part of one of the borders - I could see it becoming a repeat instead of a crossroads between some panels and I'm quite happy with the results. The bottom border is another border used there - one you frequently see used in Roman floors.

You can find the pattern here

Have a great weekend and I'll see you Tuesday with part 30 of the Weavers Tapestry Band Sampler SAL!