CROSS STITCH DESIGNS
'Pirate Treasure'
Design Diary
Several books and web-sites, an online discussion group and a television documentary have presented details of the events that occured on the island and offer a variety of theories.
In the course of reading about Oak Island, I learned about the discovery of stones, inscribed with an indecipherable code. And about deep excavations that revealed wooden platforms every 10' for the first 30 feet. A subterranean booby-trap tunnel, that channeled water from the western shore to the excavation site, was discovered to be the cause of flooding that occured when diggers hit the 90' level. A second tunnel, from the southern shore to the hole, had an identical effect when searchers dug deeper. Some writers suggested that Oak Island was concealing a fortune in Spanish treasure from a sunken galleon. Others thought that Captain Kidd may have buried some of his ill-gotten gains on the island. My interest and curiosity grew with each newly uncovered element of the story and each fantastic theory that I read. Images of Spanish conquerers, pirates and treasure maps began to grow in my head... and the concept for a new cross-stitch design was born.
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Before going any further, the pirate character needed to be defined.
Things are really beginning to 'gel' now.
Even after the final lay-out had been decided upon, the area above '1795' remained empty for some time.
Choosing the colours for this piece was quite tricky...
Thank you very much for "exploring" this design with me... I hope you've enjoyed the "voyage".
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