Real Integrity by Susan Daul floorcloth32x52 A friendly ghost peeks out

A friendly ghost peeks out from behind a jack-o-lantern

our artists dig into historical roots to draw inspiration for the designs

Machine-stitching

then cooling to reveal both vibrant and subtle hues of color

Real Integrity by Susan Daul floorcloth32x52 A friendly ghost peeks outFraktur is both a style of lettering and a highly artistic and elaborate illuminated folk art that was influenced by European folk culture. Here in America, the Pennsylvania Germans practiced Fraktur art from the mid 18th to the mid 19th centuries. Fraktur blossomed into a uniquely rich, colorful and iconographic form of expression and were tied to rites of social life, such as birth and baptismal certificates, marriage and house blessings, book